Yehezkel Kaufmann and the Reinvention of Jewish Biblical Scholarship

Edited by Job Y. Jindo Edited by Benjamin Sommer Edited by Thomas Staubli

Book cover: Yehezkel Kaufmann and the Reinvention of Jewish Biblical Scholarship

Extent: 399 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2017)

ISBN: 9783727818134

Price: $106.00

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The biblical scholar, historian, and Jewish thinker Yehezkel Kaufmann (1889-1963) is best known for two magisterial works: a two-volume interpretation of Jewish history and a four-volume study of biblical religion. Toledot in particular is the most monumental achievement of modern Jewish biblical scholarship. No other figure, not even Martin Buber, has had such a profound influence on the work of Jewish scholars of the Bible. The volume provides a comprehensive and multifaceted account of Kaufmanns work, through which Anglophone readers, students and scholars alike, can explore the hitherto unrecognized significance and profundity of Kaufmanns legacy.


The biblical scholar, historian, and Jewish thinker Yehezkel Kaufmann (1889-1963) is best known for two magisterial works: a two-volume interpretation of Jewish history and a four-volume study of biblical religion. Toledot in particular is the most monumental achievement of modern Jewish biblical scholarship. No other figure, not even Martin Buber, has had such a profound influence on the work of Jewish scholars of the Bible. The volume provides a comprehensive and multi-faceted account of Kaufmann’s work, through which Anglophone readers, students and scholars alike, can explore the hitherto unrecognized significance and profundity of Kaufmann’s legacy.

  • Edited by Job Y. Jindo
  • Edited by Benjamin Sommer
  • Edited by Thomas Staubli