Amos Funkenstein Explained
Amos Funkenstein (1937-1995) was an American-Jewish historian of Jewish history.[1] Funkenstein, like Baruch Spinoza, was considered heretical.[2] [3] [4] In 1967, he started his career as a history professor at UCLA and later taught at Tel Aviv University, Stanford and UC Berkeley.[5] Funkenstein's work encompassed several disciplines.[6]
Publications
- Book: Funkenstein, Amos . Perceptions of Jewish history . 1993 . Univ. of California Press . 978-0-520-07702-7 . A centennial book . Berkeley, Calif..
Notes and References
- News: 1995-11-17 . Renaissance man Amos Funkenstein dies at age 58 . 2023-11-05 . J. . en-US.
- Web site: The Life of Amos Funkenstein - Tablet Magazine.
- Biale . David . 1999 . The Last German-Jewish Philosopher: Notes Toward an Intellectual Biography of Amos Funkenstein . Jewish Social Studies . 6 . 1 . 1–5 . 10.2979/JSS.1999.6.1.1 . 162285846 . 1527-2028.
- Moyn . Samuel . 2003 . Amos Funkenstein on the Theological Origins of Historicism . Journal of the History of Ideas . 64 . 4 . 639–657 . 10.2307/3654225 . 3654225 . 1086-3222.
- Web site: 1995-11-14 . Amos Funkenstein; Jewish History Scholar . 2023-11-05 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
- Book: Thinking Impossibilities: The Intellectual Legacy of Amos Funkenstein . 2008 . University of Toronto Press . 978-0-8020-9795-8 . 10.3138/9781442689404. 10.3138/9781442689404 . Westman . Biale . Robert S. . David .
