Alex Carmel
Alex Carmel ( Hebrew אלכס כרמל; * June 17, 1931 in Berlin as Alexander Buchmann; † December 18, 2002 in Haifa ) was an Israeli historian who dealt particularly with the history of Palestine in the 19th century.
Life
Carmel's family left Germany after the pogrom of 1938 , he lived in Haifa from 1939 and later chose his name after the local Mount Carmel . Carmel studied ( Ph.D. 1971) and taught modern history and oriental studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .
Carmel authored several works on the history of Palestine in the Turkish period and examined the role of German and Swiss Christian settlers in 19th century Palestine, such as the temple society .
He contributed to the development of the University of Haifa , where he was a member of the Department of Studies of the Land of Israel at the Human Sciences Faculty, and in 1987 founded the "Gottlieb Schumacher Institute for Research into the Christian Contribution to the Reconstruction of Palestine in the 19th Century" in Haifa after the German-American engineer and archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher .
Fonts
- The settlements of the Württemberg Templars in Palestine 1868–1918: their local political and international problems. 2nd Edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-015361-7 .
- History of Haifa in the Turkish period 1516-1918. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01636-1 .
- Palestine Chronicle 1853 to 1882. Vaas Verlag, Ulm 1978, ISBN 3-88360-001-6 .
- Christians as pioneers in the holy land. Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel 1981, ISBN 3-7245-0476-4 .
- Palestine Chronicle 1883 to 1914. Vaas Verlag, Ulm 1983.
- Alex Carmel, Hugo Schmid (arrangement), Gustav Bauernfeind (ill.): The oriental painter Gustav Bauernfeind. 1848-1904. Leben und Werk / The life and work of Gustav Bauernfeind, orientalist painter. Published in collaboration with the Gottlieb Schumacher Institute for Research on the Christian Contribution to the Reconstruction of Palestine in the 19th Century at the University of Haifa, Israel. Hauswedell, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7762-0319-6 .
- with Ejal Jakob Eisler: The emperor travels to the Holy Land. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-17-015920-8 .
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class (February 16, 1983)
literature
- Ejal Jakob Eisler (איל יעקב איזלר): Alex Carmel (1931-2002). Appreciation of his life's work in exploring Palestine. In: Ulrich Hübner (Ed.): Palaestina exploranda . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2006, pp. 306-316.
- Hartmut Felsberg and Jakob Eisler: Carmel, Alex. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 31, Bautz, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-88309-544-8 , Sp. 233-240.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alex Carmel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. Alex Carmel (1931-2002) - Publications. ( Memento of January 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Publications
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carmel, Alex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buchmann, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2002 |
| Place of death | Haifa |