Joseph Dan
Joseph Dan (
Biography
Dan was born in 1935 in Budapest, Hungary, from where, at the age of four, he and his family fled out of fear of Nazism, settling later in Jerusalem. All the biographical documents about Joseph Dan (including his own website) give his birthplace as Bratislava, Slovakia, a version created by his father to escape repatriation by the British government in Palestine.[2]
In the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dan began a double major in
Having written more than 60 books, he had published by the time of his death the first thirteen volumes of a project titled "Toledot Torat Hasod Ha'ivrit" ("History of Hebraic Mysticism and Esotericism", Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem), which he described as "an attempt by one individual to write the entire history of Jewish mysticism: not some executive summary, but rather a full-blown academic survey abridgment for executives but with academic detail".[2]
Books
Kabbalah: Oxford Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. 2006.
Awards
In 1997, Dan was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish thought.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Passing of Prof. Joseph Dan
- ^ a b Sheleg, Yair, Mystic Circles, in ha-Aretz, 23.10.08
- ^ Hebrew: "הבסיס העיוני לתורת המוסר של חסידות אשכנז"
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1997 (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
External links
- Joseph Dan's web page (archived)
- Interview with Joseph Dan in Haaretz
- A comprehensive History of Jewish Mysticism, Kabbalah, a newsletter of current research in Jewish mysticism, Volume 2, Number 3, Fall/Winter 1987, Tevet 5748, Jerusalem, pp. 1, 6 - 8, on Academia.edu. Interview.]
- Books written by Joseph Dan
- Articles written by Joseph Dan[permanent dead link]
- Israeli interview with Joseph Dan on the beginning of the Bible (Hebrew video)
- Israeli interview with Joseph Dan about the existence of God (Hebrew video) on YouTube
