Samuel Klein (scholar)

Samuel Klein Professor of Palestinology
Born	Samuel Klein 17 November 1886 Hungary
Died	21 April 1940 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Citizenship	Mandatory Palestine
Alma mater	Freidrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin and Heidelberg University
Occupation(s)	Professor, Historical geographer, and Linguist
Title	Rabbi, Professor

Samuel Klein (

In 1924, Klein became the first professor of the newly opened Institute of Jewish Studies, which was to form part of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1927, Klein was an instructor at the Hebrew Pedagogical Institute in Vienna, an institute involved in training of Hebrew teachers for the countries of Central Europe and the Balkans. In 1929 he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine where he began work as Professor of Geography of the Land of Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and worked in this capacity until his death.^[2] While at the Hebrew University, Klein was chairperson of the Historical Topography of Palestine.^[3] He is the author of many books and articles, both in Hebrew and in German, mostly treating on the subject of historical geography. Klein's research on the geography of the Land of Israel has helped promote a greater understanding of the map of ancient Israel / Palestine, and whose works have been incorporated in Hebrew schools in the Diaspora and in Israel.

Death and legacy

In Mandatory Palestine, he became a member of the

Published works (partial list)

• Samuel Klein (n.d.). Weinstock, Feigenbaum und Sykomore in Palästina (The Vine, Fig Tree and Sycamore in Palestine), (publisher unknown)
• Ditto (1908). "Der hebräische Name der Battof-Ebene", in: Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins (ZDPV – Journal of the German Society for Exploration of Palestine)
• OCLC 702482297
  )
• Ditto (1909). Galiläa - Beiträge zur Geschichte und Geographie Galiläas (Contributions to the History and Geography of Galilee), Rudolf Haupt: Leipzig
• Ditto (1910). Zur Topographie des alten Palästina: (Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen zu Thomsens Loca sancta), Wiesbaden
• JQR
• Ditto (1914). "Das Ostjordanland in den halachischen Midraschim" (The East Bank of the Jordan in Halakhic Midrashim), in: Festschrift D. Hoffman, Berlin
• JSTOR 23080489
  )
• Ditto (1915). "Tiberias" (טבריא), in: Ha-Zofeh me-Eretz Hagar (הצופה מארץ הגר), vol. 4, pp. 49–64
• JSTOR 23080253
  )
• Ditto (1920). Jüdisch-Palästinisches Corpus Inscriptionum (Jewish-Palestinian Inscriptions), Vienna and Berlin
• Ditto (1922). Eretz Yisrael: Geography of Israel for High Schools and for the People (ארץ ישראל—גיאוגרפיה של ארץ ישראל לבתי ספר תיכוניים ולעם), Menorah: Vienna
• Ditto (1922). Jeschurun
• Ditto (1923). Palästina-Studien (מחקרים ארצישראליים), in 3 volumes, Menorah: Vienna
• OCLC 890732071
  )
• Ditto (1923). "The Topography of the Land of Israel" (החומר הטופוגרפי לא"י), in: Ishtori Haparchi's Kaftor Vaferach ("Book of Button and Flower"), Budapest
• Ditto (1923). "Derekh Hof Hayam" ("Die Küstenstrasse Palästinas" - The coastal road of Palestine), in: Written Works of the University and Library in Jerusalem, Jerusalem
• JSTOR 23081122
  )
• Ditto (1925). Jewish Transjordan: From the time of the Second Temple until the last century of the Middle Ages (עבר הירדן היהודי: מזמן בית שני עד המאה האחרונה של ימי הביניים), Menorah: Vienna
• Ditto (1926). Three Good Gifts (שלש מתנות טובות), Jerusalem
• Ditto (1927). "Meḥqarim be-firqē hay-yaḥas šeb-be-sēfer diḇrē yay-yāmīm" (מחקרים בפרקי היחס שבספר דברי הימים‎), in: Zion: Me’asef II, p. 9
• OCLC 233333824
  )
• Ditto (1928). "Four Ancient Palestinian Place-names", in: Yerushalayim (ירושלים), Journal of the Jewish Palestinian Exploration Society, vol. in memory of A.M. Lunce, Jerusalem
• Ditto (1928). Studies on the Genealogical Chapters in the Book of Chronicles (מחקרים בפרקי היחס שבספר דברי-הימים), Jerusalem
• Ditto (1929). "Zur Midrasch-und Palästinaforschung" (On Midrash and Palestine research), in: Palästina-Studien (vol. 2, issue 2), Berlin
• OCLC 251205680
  )
• OCLC 233333824
  )
• JSTOR 23580527
  )
• Ditto (1931). "Yanuh", in: Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 8, p. 575
• MGWJ
  75 (Monthly Journal for the History and Science of Judaism)
• Ditto (1933). The Twenty-four City Councils^[7] in Judea (ארבע ועשרים בולאות שביהודה), Vienna (in memory of R. Zvi Peretz Chayot)
• Ditto (1933). Those leaving the Land of Israel [for Babylonia]^[8] and Rabbah the son of Bar Hana (On the subject of Eretz Israel) [ה'נחותי' ורבה בר בר חנה - על ענייני ארץ ישראל], Jerusalem
• Ditto (1934). "Notes on History of Large Estates in Palestine" (לקורות "האריסות הגדולה" בארץ ישראל), in: (Journal) Yediot - Bulletin of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society (ידיעות החברה לחקירת ארץ-ישראל ועתיקותיה), Volume 1, Jerusalem, pp. 3–9
• Ditto (1934). "The Cities of the Priests and the Levites, and the Cities of Refuge" (ערי הכהנים והלויים וערי מקלט), in: Qovetz: Journal of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society, Jerusalem - Tel-Aviv [Hebrew].
• Ditto (1934). "Itinerarium Burdigalense" ("Bordeaux Itinerary"), in: Journal: Zion O.S. 6
• Jewish Palestine Exploration Society
  , 2nd year, volumes 1–4
• Ditto (1935). The History of the Jewish Settlement of Palestine, from the Redaction of the Talmud to the Palestine Settlement Movement (תולדות הישוב היהודי בארץ-ישראל: מחתימת התלמוד עד תנועת ישוב ארץ ישראל) Reprinted post-mortem in Tel-Aviv 1950
• Jewish Palestine Exploration Society
  (ידיעות החברה לחקירת ארץ-ישראל ועתיקותיה).
• Ditto (1937). The History of Palestine Exploration in Hebrew and Universal Literature (תולדות חקירת ארץ ישראל בספרות העברית והכללית)
• Ditto (1937). The Question of the Torah in the Words of the Prophets (לשאלת דברי התורה בפי הנביאים), Budapest
• Ditto (1937). Cities Enclosed by a Wall from the Time of Joshua bin Nun (ערים מוקפות חומה מימות יהושע בן נון), Jerusalem
• Ditto (1937). "Vitae Prophetorum" (Life of the Prophet), Sefer Klausner
• Ditto (1938). "The Letter of Rabbi Menahem of Hebron", in: Bulletin of the Jewish Palestinian Exploration Society (BJPES) VI
• Ditto (1938). "Some Notes on the Excavations at Beth Sheʿarim (Sheikh Abreiq)" (הערות אחדות למאמריהם של מייזלר ושובה על החפירות בבית שערים), Yediot - Bulletin of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society, vol. 5, pp. 109–116
• Ditto (1938). "A Chapter in Palestine Research towards the End of the Second Temple", in: Magnes Anniversary Book (edd. Jacob N. Epstein, et al.), Jerusalem, pp. 216–223
• OCLC 18115508
  )
• Ditto (1939). "Comments on the Words of Israel's Sages" (הערות לדברי חז"ל), in: Journal Sinai (ed. Y.L. Hacohen Fishman), Jerusalem [Hebrew]
• Ditto (1939). Judaea: from the Return of the Babylonian Exiles to the Redaction of the Talmud ( ארץ יהודה: מימי העליה מבבל עד חתימת התלמוד), Devir: Tel-Aviv
• MGWJ
  ), Jahrg. 83 (Monthly Journal for the History and Science of Judaism)
• Ditto (1945). Land of the Galilee: From the Time of Babylonian Immigration until the Redaction of the Talmud, ed. Yehuda Elitzur, Mossad Harav Kook: Jerusalem (reprinted in 1949; published post-mortem)
• Ditto (1950). Toledot ha-Yishuv, Tel-Aviv (reprinted from 1935 edition, published post-mortem)
• OCLC 868690016
  )
• Ditto (1971). "Jüdisch-palästinisches Corpus Inscriptionum" (Jewish-Palestinian Inscriptions), in: Ossuar-, Grab-, und Synagogeninschriften (Ossuary, Tomb, and Synagogue Inscriptions), published post-mortem, a reprint of 1920 Vienna edition