Avraham Grossman
Avraham Grossman | |
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| Born | March 10, 1936 |
| Nationality | Jewish |
Avraham Grossman (Hebrew: אברהם גרוסמן; born: March 10, 1936) is a professor emeritus in the Jewish history department in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] Recipient of 2003 Israel Prize for his contributions to Jewish history.[2]
Biography
Avraham Grossman was born in 1936[2] in Tiberias and grew up in Mishmar HaYarden.[2]
In 1948 his family moved to Haifa.[2] Served in Education and Youth Corps of Israel Defense Forces.[2]
After his military service, he started his studies in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and learned Jewish history and Talmud for bachelor and master degrees.[2] His master thesis was about Gershom ben Judah and was supervised by Ephraim Urbach. His doctorate work, The Rabbinical literature in Ashkenas and North France in the eleventh century,[3] also supervised by Urbach.[2] Grossman got his doctorate in 1974[2] and moved to London for postdoc in SOAS, University of London[2] and manuscript research in the Bodleian Library.
Grossman has been appointed lecturer in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem by 1976 and full professor by 1986.[2] Between 1991-1992 he was the head of the Jewish history department.[2] In 2007 he became professor emeritus.
Grossman has been a visiting professor in Harvard University, Ohio State University and Yale University in the years 1985, 1986 and 1988 respectively.[2]
Grossman is married to Rachel since 1961,[2] and has 4 children, one of them is a professor in the bible department at Bar-Ilan University.[4]
Grossman is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[5]
Grossman won Bialik Prize in 1996 for his book The Early Sages of France.[2][6]
References
- ^ Emeriti list, Jewish history department in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Avraham Grossman (in Hebrew) Israel Prize website
- ^ About the work, National Library of Israel website
- ^ Jonathan Grossman, Bar-Ilan University website
- ^ Prof. Avraham Grossman, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities website
- ^ Avraham Grossman, Magnes Press website
