Gershom Scholem
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Gershom Scholem was a pioneering 20th-century Jewish historian and scholar best known for founding the modern academic study of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gershom Scholem canonical | 5 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Jewish studies scholar
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Kabbalah scholar ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthName | Gerhard Scholem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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Israel ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf | Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-12-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-02-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Scholem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish history
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Jewish mysticism ⓘ Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| givenName | Gershom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Jewish thought
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Walter Benjamin studies ⓘ academic study of Jewish mysticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOf | Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedTo | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Zionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the modern academic study of Jewish mysticism
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founding the modern academic study of Kabbalah ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism, and Talmudic Tradition
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Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ Origins of the Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Benjamin: The Story of a Friendship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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philologist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| yearOfMigration | 1923 ⓘ |
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