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Something wrong?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.
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1982Died21 February 19821977Bialik PrizeAward1974Harvey PrizeAwardLiterature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine ArtsAward1969Reuchlin AwardAward1961Rothschild PrizeAward1958Israel PrizeAward1897Born5 December 1897
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Gershom Scholem sitting in Sukka studying the Zohar, 1925
Card catalogue which Gershom Scholem used to write his notes
Gershom Scholem House, 28 Abarbanel Street, Jerusalem
1947 drawing by Trude Krolik of the young Scholem "Baal HaZohar" (Master of the Zohar), in the Scholem collection, National Library of Israel (Hebrew University), JerusalemAwards
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Lived 1897 to 1982 · aged 84
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