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Joseph Klausner
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Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (Hebrew: יוסף גדליה קלוזנר; 20 August 1874 – 27 October 1958), was a Lithuanian-born Israeli historian and professor of Hebrew literature. He was the chief redactor of the Encyclopedia Hebraica. He was a candidate for president in the first Israeli presidential election in 1949, losing to Chaim Weizmann. Klausner was the great uncle of Israeli author Amos Oz.
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Born | Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (1874-08-20)20 August 1874 |
Died | 27 October 1958(1958-10-27) (aged 84) Jerusalem, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
Occupation(s) | historian and professor of Hebrew Literature |
Known for | redactor of the Encyclopedia Hebraica |
Title | professor of Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Notable works | Jesus of Nazareth: His Life, Times & Teaching |
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