Isaac Heinemann

Isaac Heinemann
יצחק היינמן
Born	(1876-06-05)5 June 1876 Frankfurt, Germany
Died	28 July 1957(1957-07-28) (aged 81) Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality	GermanyIsrael
Occupations	Rabbinical scholar Professor of classical literature, Hellenistic literature, and philology
Awards	Israel Prize (1955)
Academic work
Discipline	Jewish studies
Sub-discipline	Classical literature, Hellenistic literature, and philology
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Isaac Heinemann (Hebrew: יצחק היינמן) (born 5 June 1876; died 28 July 1957) was an Israeli rabbinical scholar and a professor of classical literature, Hellenistic literature and philology.

Biography

Heinemann was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1876. In 1897, he received rabbinic ordination. He emigrated to then British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1939 and joined the faculty of Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Awards

• In 1955, Heinemann was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients
• Heinemann (disambiguation)