Eliezer Schweid

Eliezer Schweid (Hebrew: אליעזר שביד) (born September 7, 1929) is an Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Professor Eliezer Schweid, November 2008

He is a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Awards

In 1994, Schweid was awarded the Israel Prize, in Jewish thought.[1]

Published works
  • Jewish Identity in Modern Israel: Proceedings on Secular Judaism and Democracy
  • The Jewish Experience of Time (2000)
  • Wrestling Until Day-Break: Searching for Meaning in the Thinking on the Holocaust (1994)
  • Democracy and Halakhah (1994)
  • The Land of Israel: National Home Or Land of Destiny (1985, with Deborah Greniman)
  • Judaism and Mysticism According to Gershom Scholem: A Critical Analysis and Programmatic Discussion (1985)
  • The Classic Jewish Philosophers: From Saadia Through the Renaissance (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy) (2008, Leonard Levin)

References
  1. "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1994 (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 2008-12-27.

See also


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