# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gershom-scholem
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:18:37.688Z

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name: "Gershom Scholem"
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description: "Gershom Scholem was an Israeli philosopher and historian. Widely regarded as the founder of modern academic study of the Kabbalah, Scholem was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at Hebrew University of Jerusalem."
tagline: "German-Israeli philosopher (1897–1982)"
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birthDate: "1897-12-05"
deathDate: "1982-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump