List of Jewish historians

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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of Jewish historians:

Main article: List of Jews.

See also lists of Jews by country and List of Jewish American historians.

[edit] A

• David Abulafia, professor of history, University of Cambridge (Jewish Year Book 2005, p.218)
• Ignac Acsady, Hungarian social and economic historian.^[1]
• Howard Adelson, U.S. mediaeval historian.^[1]
• Cyrus Adler^[2], U.S. historian of Jewish history.
• Geoffrey Alderman ^[3], historian
• Iosif Amusin, Soviet historian.
• Anne Applebaum, U.S. historian of Russia.
• Herbert Aptheker, leader in Communist Party, historian^[4]
• Yitzhak Arad, Israeli historian of the Shoah.
• Yehoshua Arieli, Israeli historian.^[1]
• Walter Leonard Arnstein, U.S. historian.^[1]
• Raymond Aron, French historian of sociology.^[1]
• Robert Aron, French author and journalist.^[1]
• David Asheri, Israeli classical historian.^[1]
• Simon Ashkenazi, Polish modern european history.^[5]
• Robert Assaraf, Moroccan writer and historian.
• David Ayalon, Israeli historian of Islam and Judaism.^[5]

[edit] B

• Bernard Bailyn, U.S. Colonial historian.^[1]
• Richard Barnett, museum curator and archaeologist (JYB 1985 p187)
• Salomon Baron, historian
• Yehuda Bauer, Czech born Israeli historian of the Holocaust.
• Zygmunt Bauman, Anglo-Polish scholar who examines the relationship between modernity and the Holocaust.
• Yitzkak Bayer, History of the Jews
• George Louis Beer, U.S. historian of 16th-19th century commerce.^[1]
• Emile-Auguste Begin, French physician, historian and librarian.^[1]
• Max Beloff, English historian and political scientist.^[1]
• Benjamin of Tudela, travel writer 1159-73
• Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israeli historian and politician
• Joaquim Bensaude Portuguese historian of astronomy and navigation.^[1]
• Norman Bentwich, British lawyer and historian ^[6]
• Israil Bercovici, Romanian playwright and historian ^[7]
• Sir Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-born British historian of ideas.
• Harry Bernstein, U.S. historian.^[1]
• Elias Joseph Bickerman, U.S. scholar of ancient history.^[1]
• Camille Bloch, French historian, archivist and librarian.^[1]
• Gustave Bloch, French Graeco-Roman historian.^[1]
• Marc Bloch, French historian of medieval France.^[1]
• Solomon Frank Bloom, U.S. historian of modern Europe.^[1]
• Jerome Blum, U.S. historian.^[1]
• Grigory Bongard-Levin, Russian historian,
• Daniel Boorstin, U.S. historian; official historian at the Smithsonian Institution & the Library of Congress.^[1],^[8]
• Woodrow Wilson Borah, U.S. historian.^[1]
• Ambrosio Brandao, Portuguese historian and soldier.^[1]
• Ahron Bregman, author and journalist on the Arab-Israeli conflict
• Harry Bresslau, German historian.^[1]
• Berthold Bretholz, Moravian historian.^[1]
• Alan Brinkley, historian, provost of Columbia University
• Robert Brunschvig, French historian of Islam.^[1]
• Max Buedinger, German modern European historian.^[1]

[edit] C

• Norman Cantor, mediaeval historian.^[1],^[9]
• David Cesarani, British professor of history
• Achille Coen, Italian historian.^[1]
• David Cohen, Dutch historian and Jewish leader.^[1]
• Gustave Cohen, Belgian historian of mediaeval French literature and theatre.^[1]
• Robert Cohen, French historian of ancient Greece.^[1]
• Norman Cohn, British historian.
• Michael Confino, Israeli historian.^[1]
• Martin van Creveld, Dutch-born Israeli military historian.

[edit] D

• Robert Davidsohn, German historian of mediaeval Florence.^[10]
• Natalie Zemon Davis, American historian of France.
• Lucy Dawidowicz, American Holocaust historian.
• Hermann Dessau, German historian and philologist.^[10]
• Isaac Deutscher, Polish-born British Marxist historian and political scientist.^[10]
• Max Dimont, Max I. Dimont was a Finnish-American Jew and a popular historian and author. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dimont
• Martin Duberman, U.S. historian and playwright.^[10]
• Simon Dubnow, Russian-born Latvian historian; author of the "History of the Jews"; shot by Nazis.
• Ariel Durant, American historian; author of The Story of Civilization.^[11]

[edit] E

• Alfred EdersheimAustralian Jewish historian and Biblical scholar
• Victor Ehrenberg, German historian of the ancient world.^[10]
• Louis Eisenman, French historian of Europe.^[10]
• Abraham Eisenstadt, U.S. historian.^[10]
• Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, German-born British historian of Tudor England.^[10]
• Carlo Errera, Italian geographer and historian of exploration.^[10]
• Richard Ettinghausen, German-born US art historian [14], "Both a Jew and an avid Islamicist"

[edit] F

• Orlando Figes, British historian of Russia.
• Louis Filler, U.S. historian.^[10]
• Sidney Fine, U.S. historian.^[10]
• Samuel Finer, British political scientist and historian ^[12]
• Norman Finkelstein, American historian.
• Sir Moses I. Finley, Classical Historian.^[13]
• Simha Flapan, Israeli historian.
• Robert Fogel, American economic historian.
• Eric Foner, American Marxist historian & president of American Historical Association 2000
• Heinrich Friedjung, Moravian historian and politician.^[10]
• Henry Friedlander, German-born American historian of the Holocaust.
• Saul Friedländer, Czech-born French-Israeli historian of the Holocaust.^[10]
• Alexander Fuks, Israeli classical historian.^[10]

[edit] G

• Peter Gay, German-born American historian of ideas.^[10]
• Leo Gershoy, U.S. historian.^[10]
• Felix Gilbert, U.S. political historian.^[10]
• Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian.
• Carlo Ginzburg, Italian historian.
• Gustave Glotz, French ancient Greek historian.^[10]
• Shelomo Dov Goitein arabist, historian, ethnographer
• Eric F. Goldman, U.S. modern historian.^[10]
• Yosef Goldman, author of Hebrew Printing in America^[14]
• Sir Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born British art historian.[15]
• Martin Goodman (historian) (Jewish Year Book 2005 p215)
• Gabriel Gorodetsky, historian of Second World War
• Louis Reichental Gottschalk, U.S. historian of modern Europe.^[10]
• Heinrich Graetz, Polish-born German historian.
• Jack Granatstein, Canadian military historian.
• Jacob Greenwald, Master of European History University of Haifa
• Jan T. Gross, Polish historian
• Philip Guedalla, biographer ^[15]

[edit] H

• Joseph Hakohen, 16th century historian, Italy
• Elie Halevy, French historian, "A History of the English People in the 19th century 1915-30".
• George W. F. Hallgarten, historian: "The German-Jewish historian, George Hallgarten" [16]
• Louis Halphen, French mediaevalist.^[10]
• Theodore Stephen Hamerow, U.S. historian.^[10]
• Marceli Handelsman, Polish constitutional and political historian.^[10]
• Oscar Handlin, U.S. social historian.^[10]
• Abraham Harkavy, Belarusian-born Russian historian.
• Henry Harrisse, U.S. historiographer.^[10]
• Ludo Moritz Hartmann, Austrian historian and statesman.^[10]
• Henri Hauser, French ancient and mediaeval historian.^[10]
• Sigmund Herzberg-Fraenkel, Austrian historian.^[10]
• Jack H. Hexter, U.S. historian of modern Europe.^[10]
• Uriel Heyd, Israeli historian of Islam.^[10]
• Raul Hilberg, Austrian-born American Holocaust historian^[16]
• Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian of Victorian Britain.^[10]
• Heinrich Otto Hirschfield, German Roman historian.^[10]
• Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-born British Marxist historian.^[10]
• Richard Hofstadter, U.S. political historian.^[10]
• David Horowitz, American historian.
• Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, American historian.
• Irving Howe, American historian
• Samuel Justin Hurwitz, U.S. historian.^[17]
• Harold Melvin Hyman, U.S. historian.^[17]

[edit] I

• Siegfried Isaacsohn, German historian.^[17]
• Jonathan Israel, British historian (Jewish Year Book 2005, p.215)

[edit] J

• Oscar Isaiah Janowsky, U.S. historian of modern Europe and Jews.^[17]
• Lisa Jardine, British historian (ref see List of British Jews#Historians)
• Louis de Jong, Dutch historian and journalist.^[17]
• Matthew Josephson, U.S. social historian.^[17]
• Josephus, Ancient Jewish Historian.

[edit] K

• Frederick Kagan, American military historian.
• Donald Kagan, American historian of ancient Greece.
• David Kahn, American historian of cryptography.
• Ernst Kantorowicz, German-born American mediaevalist.^[17]
• Efraim Karsh, Israeli historian.
• Jacob Katz, was Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and author or editor of many books on medieval and modern Jewish social history. 1904-1998
• Steven T. Katz, U.S. historian of the Holocaust.
• Shmuel Katz, Israeli historian
• Solomon Katz, U.S. historian.^[17]
• Elie Kedourie, Iraq-born British historian (Jewish Year Book 1990 p202)
• Morton Keller, U.S. historian.^[17]
• Norman John Klugmann aka James Klugmann, communist ^[18]
• Richard Koebner, Israeli German historian.^[17]
• Hans Kohn, U.S. political and social historian.^[17]
• Hilton Kramer, American art historian.
• Michael Kraus, U.S. historian.^[17]
• Leonard Krieger, U.S. historian.^[17]
• Hyman Kublin, U.S. historian of the far east.^[17]
• Thomas Samuel Kuhn, U.S. historian of science.^[17]
• Otto Kurz, historian (Jewish Year Book 1975 p214)

[edit] L

• Leopold Labedz, Anglo-Polish historian of Communism.
• Gyula Lanczy, Hungarian economic historian.^[17]
• David Landes, U.S. economic historian.^[17]
• Thomas Laqueur, UC Berkeley professor, historian of Britain since 1509: social, medical and sexual historian
• Walter Laqueur, German-born American historian of modern Europe, the Middle East & terrorism.
• Max Laserson, Latvian historian.^[17]
• Michael Ledeen, American historian of Fascism.
• Arthur Lefkowitz, American historian of the American Revolution.
• Mary Lefkowitz, American classical scholar.
• Gerda Lerner, Austrian-born American feminist historian
• Max Lerner, U.S. journalist and social historian.^[17]
• Joseph Levenson, U.S. specialist in Chinese history.^[17]
• Wilhelm Levison, German mediaevalist.^[17]
• Arthur Levy, French historian.^[17]
• Leonard William Levy, U.S. political historian.^[17]
• Paul Levy, French linguistic historian.^[17]
• Bernard Lewis, British orientalist, History of Islam.^[17][19]
• David Malcolm Lewis, British historian. (Jewish Year Book 1995 p.193)
• Felix Liebermann, German mediaevalist.^[17]
• Ephraim Lipson, British economic historian.^[17]
• Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Holocaust historian^[20]
• Victor Loewe, German historian and archivist.^[21]
• Robert Sabatino Lopez, U.S. mediaevalist.^[21]
• Sidney Low, British statesman, journalist and political historian.^[21]
• Samuel Lozinski, Russian historian.^[21]
• Alberto Lumbroso, Italian historian of the Napoleonic period.^[21]
• Giacomo Lumbroso, Italian classical historian and archaeologist.^[21]

[edit] M

• Lothar Machtan^{[citation needed]}
• Frank Manuel, U.S. historian.^[21]
• Henrik Marczali, Hungarian historian.^[21]
• Shula Marks, South African-British expert on African history (Jewish Year Book 2005 p215)
• Ludwig Markus, German expert in Abyssinian and Beta Israeli history.^[21]
• Michael Marrus, Canadian Shoah historian.
• Karl Marx, historian and philosopher, born to a Jewish family that converted to Christianity. Author of the Communist Manifesto and On the Jewish Question.
• Arno J. Mayer, Luxembourg-born American historian.^[21]
• Gustav Mayer, German political and social historian.^[21]
• Milton Meltzer, American historian of Afro-American history.
• Ezra Mendelsohn, Polish historian of the Jewish community in Poland.
• Isaak Mints, Ukrainian-born Russian historian
• Mark Borisovich Mitin, Russian politician and historian.^[21]
• Arnaldo Momigliano, Italian-British historian.(Jewish Year Book 1985 p188)
• Felice Momigliano, Italian philosopher and historian.^[21]
• Simon Sebag Montefiore [17], British historian of Russia.
• Benny Morris, Israeli historian of Israel
• Richard Brandon Morris, U.S. constitutional historian.^[21]
• Louis C. Morton, U.S. historian.^[21]
• George Mosse, German-born American historian of ideas.^[21]
• Salomon Munk, German-born French historian,
• Gustavus Myers, U.S. social historian.^[21]

[edit] N

• Nadav Na`aman, Israeli historian of biblical times.
• Oskar Nachod, German historian and bibliographer.^[21]
• Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-born British historian.^[21]
• Abraham Nasatir, U.S. historian of west and southwest U.S.
• Alexander Nove, economic historian (Jewish Year Book 1990 p202)
• Aryeh Nusbacher, American military historian.
• Samuel Noah Kramer, assyriologist.

[edit] O

• Julius Oppert, Assyriologist.
• Michael Oren, Israeli historian.

[edit] P

• Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American historian
• Sir Francis Palgrave, British historian.^[21]
• Erwin Panofsky, German-born American art historian^[22]
• Ilan Pappé, Israeli historian.^[21]
• Peter Paret, German-born American historian of German history.
• [[Herbert S. Parmet, political historian and biographer
• [[Robert D. Parmet,labor and immigration historian and biographer
• Max Perlbach, German mediaevalist.^[21]
• Martin Phillipson, German modern historian and communal leader.^[21]
• Koppel S. Pinson, U.S. political and social historian.^[21]
• Daniel Pipes, American historian of the Middle East.
• Richard Pipes, Polish-born American historian of Russia.^[21]
• Karl Polanyi, economist and historian [18]
• Leon Poliakov, French historian of anti-semitism.
• Sidney Pomerantz, U.S. historian.^[21]
• Richard Popkin, historian of philosophy ^[23]
• Yehoshua Porath, Israeli historian.
• George Posener, French Egyptologist.^[21]
• Sir Michael Postan, British historian. (Jewish Year Book 1985 p188)
• Joshua Prawer, Israeli historian of the Crusade period.^[21]
• Alfred Francis Pribham, Anglo-Austrian diplomatic historian.
• Alfred Pribram, Austrian historian and publicist.^[21]
• Jacob Psantir, Rumanian historian of the Jews.^[21]

[edit] R

• Theodore Rabb, U.S. historian of modern history.^[24]
• Ronald Radosh, American historian of espionage.
• Armin Rappaport, U.S. historian.^[24]
• Sidney Ratner, U.S. economic historian.^[24]
• Jehuda Reinharz, U.S.-Israeli historian of modern Jewish history.
• Ludwig Riess, German constitutional historian.^[24]
• Emanuel Ringelblum, Polish historian of Warsaw Ghetto.
• Maxime Rodinson, French historian
• Samuele Romanin, Italian historian of classical Rome and Judaism.^[24]
• Nello Roselli, Italian historian.^[24]
• Ron Rosenbaum, American journalist, author of Explaining Hitler
• Arthur Rosenberg, German historian and Zionist.^[24]
• Walt Whitman Rostow, American economic historian.
• Cecil Roth [19], British historian and editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica
• Hans Rothfels, German-born American historian.
• Suzanne Rutland, Australian historian

[edit] S

• Abram L. Sachar, American historian.
• Howard M. Sachar, American historian.
• Julius Salomon, Danish historian and archivist.^[24]
• Simon Schama [20], British historian
• J. Salwyn Schapiro, American historian of modern Europe.^[24]
• Leonard Schapiro ^[25], historian
• Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian^[26]
• Debra Schultz, American feminist historian
• Yossi Schwartz, The Origins of The Jews Y&R Gitam = CEO
• Tom Segev, Israeli historian.
• Arturo Segre, Italian political and commercial historian.^[24]
• Avraham Sela, Israeli historian.
• Bernard Semmel, U.S. historian.^[24]
• Moshe Shamir, Israeli writer and historian.
• Avi Shlaim, Israeli historian.
• Joseph Shulim, U.S. historian.^[24]
• Bernhard von Simson, German mediaevalist.^[24]
• Paul Simson, German historian.^[24]
• Charles Singer, British historian of science and medicine.^[24]
• Louis Snyder, U.S. historian.^[24]
• Arthur Stein, Austrian historian of classical rome.^[24]
• Sir Aurel Stein [21], archeologist
• Henri Stein, French bibliographer and historian.^[24]
• Samuel Steinherz, Czechoslovakian mediaevalist.^[24]
• Alfred Stern, Swiss social historian.^[24]
• Fritz Stern, German-born American historian.
• Menahem Stern, Israeli historian of ancient judaism.
• Zeev Sternhell, Israeli historian of French fascism.
• Barry Supple, British economic historian (Jewish Year Book, 2005, p.215)

[edit] T

• Hayim Tadmor, assyriologist
• J. L. Talmon, Israeli political and social historian.^[24]
• Frank Tannenbaum, U.S. economic historian.^[24]
• Hans Trefousse, U.S. historian.^[24]
• Barbara Tuchman, U.S. journalist and historian.^[24][27]

[edit] U

• Irwin Unger, U.S. political and social historian.^[24]

[edit] V

• Geza Vermes [22], Hungarian-born British historian.

[edit] W

• Joanna Waley-Cohen, English historian now in New York
• Bernard Wasserstein, British historian of the Middle East and Europe.
• Eugen Weber, Modern European History.
• Gerhard Weinberg, German-born American historian of World War Two.
• Robert Weinberg, American historian of Russia.
• Bernard Weisberger, U.S. historian.^[24]
• Eduard Wertheimer, Hungarian historian of the 19th century.^[24]
• Helene Wieruszowski, German-U.S. historian.^[24]
• Bertram Wolfe, U.S. Soviet historian.^[24]
• Michael Wolffsohn, Israeli-born German historian.
• Leonard Woolf, British historian of economics.^[24]

[edit] Y

• Zvy Yavetz,Israeli historian of ancient rome.
• Yosef Yerushalmi, Jewish History, Culture & Society.
• Aryeh Yitzhaki, Israeli historian.

[edit] Z

• Abraham Zacuto, historian and scientist.
• Rehavam Zeevi, Israeli historian.
• Oscar Zeichner, U.S. historian.^[24]
• Alfred Zimmern, British political scientist and authority on International Relations.^[24]
• Howard Zinn, American historian^[28]

[edit] Footnotes