List of Jewish historians

A list of Jewish historians:

A[edit]

• David Abulafia, professor of history, University of Cambridge (Jewish Year Book 2005, p. 218)
• Henry Abramson, Touro College, Eastern European Jewish Historian.^[1]
• Ignác Acsády, Hungarian social and economic historian^{[2][clarification needed]}
• Howard Adelson, U.S. mediaeval historian^[2]
• Cyrus Adler,^[3] U.S. historian of Jewish history
• Geoffrey Alderman,^[4] historian
• Mor Altshuler, Israeli historian of early Hasidism, Kabbalism, and Jewish messianism^[5]
• Iosif Amusin, Soviet historian^[6]
• Anne Applebaum, U.S. journalist, writer on the history of the Soviet Union, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe
• Herbert Aptheker, leader in Communist Party, historian^[7]
• Yitzhak Arad, Israeli historian of the Shoah^[8]
• Yehoshua Arieli, Israeli historian^[2]
• Walter Leonard Arnstein, U.S. historian^[2]
• Raymond Aron, French historian of sociology^[2]
• Robert Aron, French author and journalist^[2]
• Artapanus of Alexandria, 2nd Century BC historian who lived in Alexandria, Egypt^[9]
• David Asheri, Israeli classical historian^[2]
• Simon Ashkenazi, Polish modern European history^[2]
• Robert Assaraf, Moroccan writer and historian^{[citation needed]}
• David Ayalon, Israeli historian of Islam and Judaism^[2]

B[edit]

• Bernard Bailyn, U.S. Colonial historian^[2]
• Richard Barnett, museum curator and archaeologist (JYB 1985 p. 187)
• Salo Wittmayer Baron, American historian of Polish-Austrian Jewish ancestry^{[citation needed]}
• Omer Bartov, U.S. historian of World War II and Polish Jews^{[citation needed]}
• Yehuda Bauer, Czech-born Israeli historian of the Holocaust^{[citation needed]}
• Zygmunt Bauman, Anglo-Polish scholar who examines the relationship between modernity and the Holocaust^{[citation needed]}
• Yitzhak Bayer, History of the Jews^{[citation needed]}
• George Louis Beer, U.S. historian of 16th-19th century commerce^[2]
• Emile-Auguste Begin, French physician, historian and librarian^[2]
• Max Beloff, English historian and political scientist^[2]
• Benjamin of Tudela, travel writer 1159-73^{[citation needed]}
• Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israeli historian and politician^{[citation needed]}
• Joaquim Bensaude Portuguese historian of astronomy and navigation^[2]
• Norman Bentwich, British lawyer and historian^[10]
• Israil Bercovici, Romanian playwright and historian ^[11]
• Jay R. Berkovitz, U.S. historian of Jews in France and early modern Europe^{[citation needed]}
• Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-born British historian of ideas^{[citation needed]}
• Harry Bernstein, U.S. historian^[2]
• Elias Joseph Bickerman, U.S. scholar of ancient history^[2]
• Camille Bloch, French historian, archivist and librarian^[2]
• Gustave Bloch, French Graeco-Roman historian^[2]
• Herbert Bloch, German-born American classicist^{[citation needed]}
• Marc Bloch, French historian of medieval France^[2]
• Solomon Frank Bloom, U.S. historian of modern Europe^[2]
• Jerome Blum, U.S. historian^[2]
• Grigory Bongard-Levin, Russian historian^{[citation needed]}
• Daniel Boorstin, U.S. historian; official historian at the Smithsonian Institution & the Library of Congress^[2][12]
• Woodrow Wilson Borah, U.S. historian^[2]
• Randolph L. Braham U.S. historian of Hungarian Jewish ancestry; historian of the Holocaust in Hungary^[2]
• Ambrosio Brandao, Portuguese historian and soldier^[2]
• Ahron Bregman, author and journalist on the Arab-Israeli conflict^{[citation needed]}
• Harry Bresslau, German historian^[2]
• Berthold Bretholz, Moravian historian^[2]
• Alan Brinkley, historian, provost of Columbia University^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Bronowski, historian of science ^[13]
• Robert Brunschvig, French historian of Islam^[2]
• Max Buedinger, German modern European historian^[2]

C[edit]

• Norman Cantor, mediaeval historian^[2][14]
• David Cesarani, British professor of history^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Chazan medievalist^{[citation needed]}
• Achille Coen, Italian historian^[2]
• David Cohen, Dutch historian and Jewish leader^[2]
• Gustave Cohen, Belgian historian of mediaeval French literature and theatre^[2]
• Mark Cohen, American historian of the Jews under medieval Islam
• Norman Cohn, British historian ^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Cohen, French historian of ancient Greece^[2]
• Stephen F. Cohen, American historian of the Soviet Union ^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Confino, Israeli historian^[2]
• Martin van Creveld, Dutch-born Israeli military historian^{[citation needed]}

D[edit]

• Robert Davidsohn, German historian of mediaeval Florence^[2]
• Natalie Zemon Davis, American historian of France^{[citation needed]}
• Lucy Dawidowicz, American Holocaust historian^{[citation needed]}
• Hermann Dessau, German historian and philologist^[2]
• Isaac Deutscher, Polish-born British Marxist historian and political scientist^[2]
• Max Dimont, Finnish-American Jew and popular historian and author
• Martin Duberman, U.S. historian and playwright^[2]
• Simon Dubnow, Russian-born Latvian historian; author of the "History of the Jews"; shot by Nazis^{[citation needed]}
• Ariel Durant, American historian; author of The Story of Civilization.^[15]

E[edit]

• Abba Eban, Israeli writer about Israeli and Jewish history
• Ludwig Edelstein, ancient medicine^{[citation needed]}
• Alfred Edersheim Australian Jewish historian and Biblical scholar^{[citation needed]}
• Victor Ehrenberg, German historian of the ancient world^[2]
• Louis Eisenman, French historian of Europe^[2]
• Abraham Eisenstadt, U.S. historian^[2]
• Stanley Elkins, U.S. historian^[2]
• Amos Elon, Vienna-born Israeli. Historian of Germany and modern Israel^{[citation needed]}
• Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, German-born British historian of Tudor England^[2]
• Carlo Errera, Italian geographer and historian of exploration^[2]
• Richard Ettinghausen, German-born U.S. art historian^[16]

F[edit]

• Orlando Figes, British historian of Russia^{[citation needed]}
• Louis Filler, U.S. historian^[2]
• Sidney Fine, U.S. historian^[2]
• Samuel Finer, British political scientist and historian ^[17]
• Norman Finkelstein, American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Moses I. Finley, Classical Historian.^[18]
• Simha Flapan, Israeli historian^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Fogel, American economic historian and Nobel laureate ^[19]
• Eric Foner, American historian and president of American Historical Association 2000
• Joseph Friedenson, Holocaust historian^[20]
• Heinrich Friedjung, Moravian historian and politician^[2]
• Henry Friedlander, German-born American historian of the Holocaust
• Saul Friedländer, Czech-born French-Israeli historian of the Holocaust^[2]
• Yisrael Friedman, former lecturer at the Tel Aviv University and the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Alexander Fuks, Israeli classical historian^[2]

G[edit]

• Peter Gay, German-born American historian of ideas^[2]
• Leo Gershoy, U.S. historian^[2]
• Felix Gilbert, U.S. political historian^[2]
• Martin Gilbert, British historian^[21]
• Carlo Ginzburg, Italian historian
• Gustave Glotz, French ancient Greek historian^[2]
• Shelomo Dov Goitein Arabist, historian, ethnographer^{[citation needed]}
• Eric F. Goldman, U.S. modern historian^[2]
• Yosef Goldman, author of Hebrew Printing in America^[22]
• Yossi Goldstein, Israeli biographer^{[citation needed]}
• Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born British art historian^[23]
• Martin Goodman (historian) (Jewish Year Book 2005 p. 215)
• Gabriel Gorodetsky, historian of Second World War^{[citation needed]}
• Louis Reichenthal Gottschalk, U.S. historian of modern Europe^[2]
• Heinrich Graetz, Polish-born German historian^{[citation needed]}
• Jack Granatstein, Canadian military historian^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Greenwald, Master of European History University of Haifa^{[citation needed]}
• Jan T. Gross, Polish historian^{[citation needed]}
• Philip Guedalla, biographer ^[24]
• Hans G. Guterbock, German-born hittitologist^{[citation needed]}

H[edit]

• Joseph Hakohen, 16th century historian, Italy^{[citation needed]}
• Elie Halevy, French historian, "A History of the English People in the 19th century 1915-30"
• George W. F. Hallgarten, historian^[25]
• Louis Halphen, French mediaevalist^[2]
• Theodore Stephen Hamerow, U.S. historian^[2]
• Marceli Handelsman, Polish constitutional and political historian^[2]
• Oscar Handlin, U.S. social historian^[2]
• Abraham Harkavy, Belarusian-born Russian historian^{[citation needed]}
• Henry Harrisse, U.S. historiographer^[2]
• Ludo Moritz Hartmann, Austrian historian and statesman^[2]
• Henri Hauser, French ancient and mediaeval historian^[2]
• Sigmund Herzberg-Fraenkel, Austrian historian^[2]
• Jack H. Hexter, U.S. historian of modern Europe^[2]
• Uriel Heyd, Israeli historian of Islam^[2]
• Raul Hilberg, Austrian-born American Holocaust historian^[26]
• Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian of Victorian Britain^[2]
• Heinrich Otto Hirschfield, German Roman historian^[2]
• Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-born British Marxist historian^[2]
• Richard Hofstadter, U.S. political historian^[2]
• David Horowitz, American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Irving Howe, American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Samuel Justin Hurwitz, U.S. historian^[2]
• Harold Melvin Hyman, U.S. historian^[2]

I[edit]

• Siegfried Isaacsohn, German historian^[2]
• Jonathan Israel, British historian (Jewish Year Book 2005, p. 215)

J[edit]

• Joseph Jacobs [1], editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia
• Oscar Isaiah Janowsky, U.S. historian of modern Europe and Jews^[2]
• Lisa Jardine, British historian (ref see List of British Jews#Historians)
• Louis de Jong, Dutch historian and journalist^[2]
• Matthew Josephson, U.S. social historian^[2]
• Titus Flavius Josephus, ancient Jewish historian

K[edit]

• Donald Kagan, American historian of ancient Greece^{[citation needed]}
• Frederick Kagan, American military historian^{[citation needed]}
• David Kahn, American historian of cryptography^{[citation needed]}
• Ernst Kantorowicz, German-born American mediaevalist^[2]
• Efraim Karsh, Israeli historian^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Katz, was Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and author or editor of many books on medieval and modern Jewish social history^{[citation needed]}
• Steven T. Katz, U.S. historian of the Holocaust
• Shmuel Katz, Israeli historian
• Solomon Katz, U.S. historian^[2]
• Elie Kedourie, Iraq-born British historian (Jewish Year Book 1990 p. 202)
• Morton Keller, U.S. historian^[2]
• Abraham Khalfon, Jewish historian of Tripoli^[27]
• James Klugmann, communist historian ^[28]
• Richard Koebner, Israeli German historian^[2]
• Hans Kohn, U.S. political and social historian^[2]
• Hilton Kramer, American art historian^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Kraus, U.S. historian^[2]
• Leonard Krieger, U.S. historian^[2]
• Hyman Kublin, U.S. historian of the far east^[2]
• Thomas Samuel Kuhn, U.S. historian of science^[2]
• Otto Kurz, historian (Jewish Year Book 1975 p. 214)

L[edit]

• Leopold Labedz, Anglo-Polish historian of Communism^{[citation needed]}
• Gyula Lanczy, Hungarian economic historian^[2]
• David Landes, U.S. economic historian^[2]
• Benno Landsberger, Austrian-born assyriologist
• Thomas Laqueur, UC Berkeley professor, historian of Britain since 1509: social, medical and sexual historian^{[citation needed]}
• Walter Laqueur, German-born American historian of modern Europe, the Middle East & terrorism^{[citation needed]}
• Max Laserson, Latvian historian^[2]
• Michael Ledeen, American historian of Fascism^{[citation needed]}
• Sidney Lee, second editor of the Dictionary of National Biography^[29]
• Arthur Lefkowitz, American historian of the American Revolution^{[citation needed]}
• Mary Lefkowitz, American classical scholar^{[citation needed]}
• Gerda Lerner, Austrian-born American feminist historian^{[citation needed]}
• Max Lerner, U.S. journalist and social historian^[2]
• Joseph Levenson, U.S. specialist in Chinese history^[2]
• Wilhelm Levison, German mediaevalist^[2]
• Arthur Levy, French historian^[2]
• Leonard William Levy, U.S. political historian^[2]
• Paul Lévy [fr], French linguistic historian^[2]
• Bernard Lewis, British orientalist, History of Islam^[2][30]
• David Malcolm Lewis, British historian. (Jewish Year Book 1995 p. 193)
• Felix Liebermann, German mediaevalist^[2]
• Ephraim Lipson, British economic historian^[2]
• Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Holocaust historian^[31]
• Victor Loewe, German historian and archivist^[2]
• Robert Sabatino Lopez, U.S. mediaevalist^[2]
• Sidney Low, British statesman, journalist and political historian^[2]
• Samuel Lozinski, Russian historian^[2]
• John Lukacs, Hungarian-US historian^[32]
• Alberto Lumbroso, Italian historian of the Napoleonic period^[2]
• Giacomo Lumbroso, Italian classical historian and archaeologist^[2]

M[edit]

• Hyam Maccoby^[33]
• Lothar Machtan^{[citation needed]}
• Philip Magnus-Allcroft, biographer ^[34]
• Frank Manuel, U.S. historian^[2]
• Henrik Marczali, Hungarian historian^[2]
• Shula Marks, South African-British expert on African history (Jewish Year Book 2005 p. 215)
• Ludwig Markus, German expert in Abyssinian and Beta Israeli history^[2]
• Michael Marrus, Canadian Shoah historian^{[citation needed]}
• Karl Marx, historian and philosopher^{[citation needed]}
• Arno J. Mayer, Luxembourg-born American historian^[2]
• Gustav Mayer, German political and social historian^[2]
• Milton Meltzer, American historian of Afro-American history^{[citation needed]}
• Ezra Mendelsohn, Polish historian of the Jewish community in Poland^{[citation needed]}
• Isaak Mints, Ukrainian-born Russian historian^{[citation needed]}
• Mark Borisovich Mitin, Russian politician and historian^[2]
• Arnaldo Momigliano, Italian-British historian.(Jewish Year Book 1985 p. 188)
• Felice Momigliano, Italian philosopher and historian^[2]
• Benny Morris, Israeli historian of Israel^{[citation needed]}
• Richard Brandon Morris, U.S. constitutional historian^[2]
• Louis C. Morton, U.S. historian^[2]
• George Mosse, German-born American historian of ideas^[2]
• Salomon Munk, German-born French historian
• Friederich Munzer, German classical scholar
• Gustavus Myers, U.S. social historian^[2]

N[edit]

• Nadav Na`aman, Israeli historian of biblical times
• Oskar Nachod, German historian and bibliographer^[2]
• Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-born British historian
• Abraham Nasatir, U.S. historian of west and southwest U.S.^{[citation needed]}
• Alexander Nove, economic historian (Jewish Year Book 1990 p. 202)

O[edit]

• Julius Oppert, Assyriologist^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Oren, Israeli historian^{[citation needed]}
• Leo Oppenheim, Assyriologist^{[citation needed]}

P[edit]

• Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Francis Palgrave, British historian^[2]
• Erwin Panofsky, German-born American art historian^[35]
• Ilan Pappé, Israeli historian^[2]
• Peter Paret, German-born American historian of German history^{[citation needed]}
• Herbert S. Parmet, political historian and biographer^{[citation needed]}
• Robert D. Parmet, labor and immigration historian and biographer^{[citation needed]}
• Max Perlbach, German mediaevalist^[2]
• Martin Phillipson, German modern historian and communal leader^[2]
• Koppel Pinson, U.S. political and social historian^[2]
• Daniel Pipes, American historian of the Middle East^{[citation needed]}
• Richard Pipes, Polish-born American historian of Russia^[2]
• Karl Polanyi, economist and historian ^[36]
• Leon Poliakov, French historian of anti-semitism^{[citation needed]}
• Sidney Pomerantz, U.S. historian^[2]
• Richard Popkin, historian of philosophy ^[37]
• Yehoshua Porath, Israeli historian^{[citation needed]}
• Samuel A. Portnoy, American historian of Jewish and East European history ^[38]
• George Posener, French Egyptologist^[2]
• Michael Postan, British historian (Jewish Year Book 1985 p. 188)
• Joshua Prawer, Israeli historian of the kingdom of Jerusalem and the crusades^[2]
• Alfred Francis Pribram (de), Anglo-Austrian diplomatic historian.^[39]
• Alfred Pribram, Austrian historian and publicist^[2]
• Jacob Psantir, Rumanian historian of the Jews^[2]

R[edit]

• Theodore Rabb, Renaissance historian^[2]
• Ronald Radosh, American historian of espionage^{[citation needed]}
• Armin Rappaport, U.S. historian^[2]
• Uriel Rappaport, Israeli historian of the Second Temple period^[40]
• Sidney Ratner, U.S. economic historian^[2]
• Jehuda Reinharz, U.S.-Israeli historian of modern Jewish history^{[citation needed]}
• Ludwig Riess, German constitutional historian^[2]
• Emanuel Ringelblum, Polish historian of Warsaw Ghetto^{[citation needed]}
• Maxime Rodinson, French historian^{[citation needed]}
• Samuele Romanin, Italian historian of classical Rome and Judaism^[2]
• Nello Roselli, Italian historian^[2]
• Ron Rosenbaum, American historian-journalist, author of Explaining Hitler (1998)^{[citation needed]}
• Arthur Rosenberg, German historian and Zionist^[2]
• Nathan Rosenstein, American historian of the Roman Republic^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Alan Ross, American writer and author of BostonWalks The Jewish Friendship Trail Guidebook^[41]
• Walt Whitman Rostow, American economic historian^{[citation needed]}
• Cecil Roth, British historian^[42] and editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica
• Hans Rothfels, German-born American historian^{[citation needed]}
• W.D.Rubinstein, American-born Australian historian in Britain^{[citation needed]}
• Suzanne Rutland, Australian historian^{[citation needed]}

S[edit]

• Abram L. Sachar, American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Howard M. Sachar, American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Julius Salomon, Danish historian and archivist^[2]
• Simon Schama, British historian^[43]
• J. Salwyn Schapiro, American historian of modern Europe^[2]
• Leonard Schapiro,^[44] historian
• Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian^[45]
• David Schoenbaum, modern German history^{[citation needed]}
• Moses Schorr, historian of Polish Jews^{[citation needed]}
• Debra Schultz, American feminist historian^{[citation needed]}
• Yossi Schwartz^{[citation needed]}
• Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, British World War 2 historian^[46]
• Simon Sebag Montefiore, British historian of Russia^[47]
• Tom Segev, Israeli historian^{[citation needed]}
• Arturo Segre, Italian political and commercial historian^[2]
• Avraham Sela, Israeli historian^{[citation needed]}
• Enrique Semo, Mexican historian^{[citation needed]}
• Bernard Semmel, U.S. historian^[2]
• Michael Shamah, British Archaeologist^{[citation needed]}
• Moshe Shamir, Israeli writer and historian^{[citation needed]}
• Leeor Shimron, American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Avi Shlaim, Israeli historian^{[citation needed]}
• Joseph Shulim, U.S. historian^[2]
• Bernhard von Simson, German mediaevalist^[2]
• Paul Simson, German historian^[2]
• Charles Singer, British historian of science and medicine^[2]
• Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, American assyriologist and archeologist^{[citation needed]}
• Louis Snyder, U.S. historian^[2]
• Arthur Stein (historian), Austrian historian of classical Rome^[2]
• Aurel Stein [2], archeologist
• Henri Stein, French bibliographer and historian^[2]
• Samuel Steinherz, Czechoslovakian mediaevalist^[2]
• Alfred Stern, Swiss social historian^[2]
• Fritz Stern, German-born American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Menahem Stern, Israeli historian of ancient Judaism^{[citation needed]}
• Zeev Sternhell, Israeli historian of French fascism^{[citation needed]}
• Barry Supple, British economic historian (Jewish Year Book, 2005, p. 215)

T[edit]

• Hayim Tadmor, Assyriologist^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Talmon, Israeli political and social historian^[2]
• Frank Tannenbaum, U.S. economic historian^[2]
• Rosa Levin Toubin, Jewish Texan historian^[2]
• Hans Trefousse, U.S. historian^[2]
• Barbara Tuchman, U.S. journalist and historian^[2][48]

U[edit]

• Adam Ulam, Polish-born American historian of Marxism, Communism, and 20th Century Russian history^{[citation needed]}
• Irwin Unger, U.S. political and social historian^[2]

V[edit]

• Geza Vermes, Hungarian-born British historian^[49]

W[edit]

• Joanna Waley-Cohen, English historian now in New York^{[citation needed]}
• Bernard Wasserstein, British historian of the Middle East and Europe^{[citation needed]}
• Eugen Weber, Modern European History^{[citation needed]}
• Gerhard Weinberg, German-born American historian of World War Two^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Weinberg, American historian of Russia^{[citation needed]}
• Bernard Weisberger, U.S. historian^[2]
• Eduard Wertheimer, Hungarian historian of the 19th century^[2]
• Helene Wieruszowski, German-U.S. historian^[2]
• Mordecai Wilensky, American/Israeli historian of Jewish history
• Bertram Wolfe, U.S. Soviet historian^[2]
• Michael Wolffsohn, Israeli-born German historian^{[citation needed]}
• Leonard Woolf, British historian of economics^[2]

Y[edit]

• Zvy Yavetz, Israeli historian of ancient Rome
• Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1932-2009), Jewish History, Culture & Society
• Aryeh Yitzhaki, Israeli historian

Z[edit]

• Abraham Zacuto, historian and scientist^{[citation needed]}
• Rehavam Zeevi, Israeli historian^{[citation needed]}
• Oscar Zeichner, U.S. historian^[2]
• Alfred Zimmern, British political scientist and authority on International Relations^[2]
• Carl A. Zimring, American environmental historian^{[citation needed]}
• Howard Zinn, American historian^[50]

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