Learn more about 100 Most Influential Jews of all times - from Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud to Albert Einstein and Woody Allen. Their life, views, and careers illustrated with drawings and photographs.
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- Fully illustrated with drawings and photographs
- Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases
- Written in clear and concise English
Table of Contents
- Philosophers & Theologians
- Scientists
- Writers
- Musicians
- Politicians/Leaders/Public Figures
- Artists
- Fashion designers
- Performance Artists
- Sport
Philosophers & Theologians
Hillel (ca. 70 B.C.E.-10 C.E.) -
theologian and religious leader, the founder of a dynasty of Sages.
Philo of
Alexandria (Philo Judaeus) (20 B.C.E.-40 C.E.) - hellenized Jewish philosopher
born in Alexandria, Egypt, included in his philosophy both Greek philosophy and
Judaism.
Flavius Josephus (ca.38-ca.100 C.E.) - historian, recorded the
Destruction of Jerusalem.
Rashi (1040-1105) - rabbinical
commentator.
Maimonides (1135-1204) - rabbi, physician, and philosopher in
Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages.
Isaac Luria (1534-1572) -
kabbalist.
Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) - Dutch philosopher of Jewish
origin, considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy and
one of the definitive ethicists.
The Baal Shem Tov (1700-1790) - religious
reformer, mystical rabbi considered to be the founder of Hasidic
Judaism.
Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) - German Jewish philosopher attributed
with the renaissance of European Jews.
Karl Marx (1818-1883) - philosopher,
political economist, and revolutionary.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1936) -
neurologist and psychiatrist, commonly referred to as "the father of
psychoanalysis".
Henri-Louis Bergson (1859-1941) - philosopher, interested
in metaphysics, irrationality, philosophy of language, philosophy of
mathematics.
Martin Buber (1878-1965) - philosopher, theologian, social
activist.
Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) - a political philosopher and historian
of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the 20th
century.
Scientists
Sigmund Freud (1856-1936) - neurologist and
psychiatrist, commonly referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis".
Alfred
Adler (1870-1937) - medical doctor and psychologist, founder of the school of
individual psychology.
Albert Einstein 1879-1955 - physicist, widely
considered to be one of the greatest physicists of all time, best known for his
theory of relativity.
....
Noam Chomsky (1928- ) linguist, psychologist, humanitarian, the eighth most
cited scholar in any time period.
Gregori Perelman (1966- )- mathematician,
solved in the affirmative the famous Poincar� conjecture.
Writers
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) - greatest German romantic poet,
remembered for selections of his lyric poetry.
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) - a
French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of
In Search of Lost Time.
....
Anne Frank (1929-1945) - wrote a diary while in hiding in Amsterdam during
the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
Josef Brodsky
(1940-1996) - Russian-born poet and essayist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Politicians/Leaders/Public Figures
Jesus of Nazareth (ca. 4 B.C.E.
- ca. 30 C.E.) - the central figure of Christianity.
Saul of Tarsus (Saint
Paul) (4 - 64 C.E.) - the most notable of Early Christian missionaries.
Simon
Bar Kokhba ( - fl. 135 C.E.) - general, the leader of Jewish revolt against the
Roman Empire in 132 CE.
Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676) - a Jewish rabbi and
Kabbalist who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah.
Mayer Rothschild
(1744-1812) - financier, the founder of the Rothschild family banking empire.
....
Learn more about 100 Most Influential Jews of all times - from Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud to Albert Einstein and Woody Allen. Their life, views, and careers illustrated with drawings and photographs.
Features
- Fully illustrated with drawings and photographs
- Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases
- Written in clear and concise English
Table of Contents
- Philosophers & Theologians
- Scientists
- Writers
- Musicians
- Politicians/Leaders/Public Figures
- Artists
- Fashion designers
- Performance Artists
- Sport
Philosophers & Theologians
Hillel (ca. 70 B.C.E.-10 C.E.) -
theologian and religious leader, the founder of a dynasty of Sages.
Philo of
Alexandria (Philo Judaeus) (20 B.C.E.-40 C.E.) - hellenized Jewish philosopher
born in Alexandria, Egypt, included in his philosophy both Greek philosophy and
Judaism.
Flavius Josephus (ca.38-ca.100 C.E.) - historian, recorded the
Destruction of Jerusalem.
Rashi (1040-1105) - rabbinical
commentator.
Maimonides (1135-1204) - rabbi, physician, and philosopher in
Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages.
Isaac Luria (1534-1572) -
kabbalist.
Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) - Dutch philosopher of Jewish
origin, considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy and
one of the definitive ethicists.
The Baal Shem Tov (1700-1790) - religious
reformer, mystical rabbi considered to be the founder of Hasidic
Judaism.
Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) - German Jewish philosopher attributed
with the renaissance of European Jews.
Karl Marx (1818-1883) - philosopher,
political economist, and revolutionary.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1936) -
neurologist and psychiatrist, commonly referred to as "the father of
psychoanalysis".
Henri-Louis Bergson (1859-1941) - philosopher, interested
in metaphysics, irrationality, philosophy of language, philosophy of
mathematics.
Martin Buber (1878-1965) - philosopher, theologian, social
activist.
Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) - a political philosopher and historian
of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the 20th
century.
Scientists
Sigmund Freud (1856-1936) - neurologist and
psychiatrist, commonly referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis".
Alfred
Adler (1870-1937) - medical doctor and psychologist, founder of the school of
individual psychology.
Albert Einstein 1879-1955 - physicist, widely
considered to be one of the greatest physicists of all time, best known for his
theory of relativity.
....
Noam Chomsky (1928- ) linguist, psychologist, humanitarian, the eighth most
cited scholar in any time period.
Gregori Perelman (1966- )- mathematician,
solved in the affirmative the famous Poincar� conjecture.
Writers
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) - greatest German romantic poet,
remembered for selections of his lyric poetry.
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) - a
French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of
In Search of Lost Time.
....
Anne Frank (1929-1945) - wrote a diary while in hiding in Amsterdam during
the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
Josef Brodsky
(1940-1996) - Russian-born poet and essayist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Politicians/Leaders/Public Figures
Jesus of Nazareth (ca. 4 B.C.E.
- ca. 30 C.E.) - the central figure of Christianity.
Saul of Tarsus (Saint
Paul) (4 - 64 C.E.) - the most notable of Early Christian missionaries.
Simon
Bar Kokhba ( - fl. 135 C.E.) - general, the leader of Jewish revolt against the
Roman Empire in 132 CE.
Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676) - a Jewish rabbi and
Kabbalist who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah.
Mayer Rothschild
(1744-1812) - financier, the founder of the Rothschild family banking empire.
....
100 Most Influential Jews of All Times
100 Most Influential Jews of All Times
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| ISBN-13: | 9781605011257 |
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| Publisher: | MobileReference |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2010 |
| Series: | Mobi History |
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