# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irene-eber
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:35:19.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irene-eber"
name: "Irene Eber"
slug: "irene-eber"
description: "Irene Eber was an Israeli sinologist. She was the Louis Frieberg Professor of East Asian Studies (emeritus) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (sinologist), and Senior Fellow of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute. She lived in Jerusalem. A specialist on the Bible in China, working sometimes with Jost Zetzsche, Marián Gálik, and Nicolas Standaert. She was also a specialist in translations from Chinese."
tagline: "German-born Israeli sinologist (1929-2019)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1929-12-29"
deathDate: "2019-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.337365333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Eber"
    title: "Irene Eber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Eber"
    title: "Irene Eber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "إيرين إيبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "ايرين ايبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Eber"
    title: "Irene Eber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A8"
    title: "איירין איבר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Eber"
    title: "Irene Eber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump