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Victor A. Tcherikover (Hebrew: אביגדור צ'ריקובר; 1894–1958) was a Russian-born Israeli scholar.
Victor Tcherikover | |
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| Born | September 15, 1894 |
| Died | January 16, 1958 (aged 63) |
| Burial place | Har HaMenuchot |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Employer | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| Education | Moscow State University Humboldt University of Berlin |
Biography
editBorn in Russia, he settled in Palestine in 1925. He was one of the first teachers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and headed the departments of general history and classical studies. He specialized in Jewish history in Palestine and Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period.[1][2]
Publications
edit- Ha-Yehudim veha-Yevanim ba-tekufah ha-Helenistit. 1930.
- Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews. 1959. {Review by Moses Hadas}
- Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum. Vol. 1–2 with Alexander Fuks (1957-1960). Tcherikover was succeeded for the third volume (1963) by Menahem Stern.
Quotes
edit“The inner quality of anti-Semitism,” he writes, “arises from the very existence of the Jewish people as an alien body among the nations. The alien character of the Jews is the central cause of the origin of anti-Semitism.”[3]
References
edit- ^ Collins, John J.; Harlow, Daniel C. (November 11, 2010). The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-802-82549-0.
- ^ Tcherikover, Victor (1975). Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews. New York: Atheneum.
- ^ https://www.commentary.org/articles/moses-hadas/hellenistic-civilization-and-the-jews-by-victor-tcherikover/