Irene Eber Explained
Irene Eber (1929[1] in Halle – April 2019; née Geminder) was an Israeli sinologist. She was the Louis Frieberg Professor of East Asian Studies (emeritus) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (sinologist),[2] and Senior Fellow of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute. She lived in Jerusalem. She was also a specialist in translations from Chinese.[3]
Works
- Chinese and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures. Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd. 2007
- Chinese Tales. Introd. By Martin Buber, Transl. Alex Page. Humanity Books. 1998.
- The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible: S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831–1906). Brill Academic Pub. 1999. 304 p.
- Bible in Modern China. The Literary and Intellectual Impact. Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1999. With Nicolas Standaert, Arnulf Camps, and Jost Zetzsche.
- Confucianism, the Dynamics of Tradition. Macmillan Library Reference. 1986
- Influence, Translation and Parallels. Selected Studies on the Bible in China. With Marián Gálik. Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung. 330 Seiten.
- The Choice - Poland, 1939-1945. 2004. Schocken Books Inc., New York. Penguin Putnam Inc.,US. 240 p. (A Holocaust survivor's story describes her experiences in wartime Mielec. Eber's book is a psychological analysis of coping with the destructive forces that engulfed her young life at Halle, Mielec, Brünnlitz (Brněnec), Kraków, Prague, Regensburg, Cham, Munich, Frankfurt am Main and Zeilsheim.)
- Above the Drowning Sea, documentary on the Shanghai Jews, featured witness.[4] 2017
Notes and References
- https://www.yadvashem.org/artifacts/museum/cup-brunnlitz-camp.html Cup Used by Helene Geminder in the Brünnlitz camp
- Web site: Voices from Shanghai Jewish Exiles in Wartime China. The University of Chicago Press. 2010-06-14.
- Web site: Prof. Irene Eber, 1929-2019 . Humanities and Social Sciences Online . 20 August 2021.
- https://abovethedrowningsea.com/witnesses/ Above the Drowning Sea Witnesses