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Leopold Zunz (Hebrew: יום טוב צונץ —Yom Tov Tzuntz, Yiddish: ליפמן צונץ —Lipmann Zunz; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies (Wissenschaft des Judentums), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual.
Apr 17, 2024 · Leopold Zunz was a German historian of Jewish literature who is often considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the 19th century. He began (1819) the movement called Wissenschaft des Judentums (“Science of Judaism”), which stressed the analysis of Jewish literature and culture with the tools of.
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Leopold Zunz, a German Jew who lived from 1794-1886, was the founder of Wissenschaft, the “science of Judaism” that brought Jewish studies as an academic field into university settings. He was also a pioneer in studying the history of Jewish literature, religious poetry and synagogue rituals.
May 11, 2018 · Leopold Zunz. The German-born Jewish scholar Leopold Zunz (1794-1886) was the founder of modern historical and philological study of Judaism. Leopold Zunz was born at Lippe, Detmold, on Aug. 10, 1794. Educated in Wolfenbüttel at the Samson Free School, he went on to study classics and history at Berlin University.
Nov 1, 2022 · Courtesy of The National Library of Israel. This portrait of Leopold Zunz shows the founder of Wissenschaft des Judentums at the peak of his life a few years after the publication of his major works and his political engagement during the 1848 revolution.
Overview. Leopold Zunz. (1794—1886) Quick Reference. German historian of Judaism (1794–1886). Zunz is rightly considered to be the foremost figure, if not the founder, of the Jüdische Wissenschaft movement, in which Judaism is studied by the historical–critical method (and see HISTORY, FRANKEL, KROCHMAL, and RAPOPORT).
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Scientific Journeys. Attitude Toward Higher Criticism. Founder of the modern "science of Judaism" and pioneer in the history of Jewish literature, religious poetry, and the ritual of the synagogue; born at Detmold Aug. 10, 1794; died at Berlin March 18, 1886.
