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Gershom Scholem

1897 - 1982

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Gershom Scholem (Hebrew: גֵרְשׁׂם שָׁלוֹם; 5 December 1897 – 21 February 1982) was an Israeli philosopher and historian. Widely regarded as the founder of modern academic study of the Kabbalah, Scholem was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gershom Scholem is the 442nd most popular philosopher (down from 372nd in 2019), the 1,131st most popular biography from Germany (down from 904th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Philosopher.

Gershom Scholem is most famous for his work in the field of Jewish mysticism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gershom Scholem ranks 442 out of 1,267. Before him are Gautama Maharishi, Peter Sloterdijk, Eudemus of Rhodes, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Rodolphus Agricola, and Chantal Mouffe. After him are Christian Thomasius, Zhiyi, Ernesto Laclau, Martha Nussbaum, Lucilio Vanini, and Ge Hong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Gershom Scholem ranks 58. Before him are Joseph Berchtold, Leonid Govorov, Wilfred Bion, Vito Genovese, Vlado Chernozemski, and Emil Maurice. After him are Ye Jianying, I. I. Chundrigar, Herbert Gille, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Theodor Busse, and Ngô Đình Thục. Among people deceased in 1982, Gershom Scholem ranks 55. Before him are E. H. Carr, Bachir Gemayel, Thelonious Monk, Meša Selimović, John Cheever, and Shiro Teshima. After him are Takashi Shimura, Mario Del Monaco, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Sobhuza II, Kristján Eldjárn, and Giovanni Benelli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gershom Scholem ranks 1,131 out of 7,253. Before him are John Polanyi (1929), Tannhäuser (1205), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Emil Maurice (1897), Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804), and Johann Jakob Froberger (1616). After him are Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Christian Thomasius (1655), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), and Paul Langerhans (1847).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Gershom Scholem ranks 53. Before him are Hermann Cohen (1842), Wilhelm Windelband (1848), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Karl Rahner (1904), Moses Hess (1812), and Peter Sloterdijk (1947). After him are Christian Thomasius (1655), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Henry Suso (1295), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), and Paul Natorp (1854).

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