Haim Hillel Ben-Sasson
Haim Hillel Ben-Sasson ( Chaim Hillel Ben-Sasson ; * 1914 in Voloshin , today Belarus; † May 16, 1977 in Jerusalem ) was an Israeli historian .
He has taught history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem since 1949 .
His three-volume, consciously Zionist- oriented History of the Jewish People (1969) was widely circulated.
Main work
Haim Hillel Ben-Sasson (ed.): History of the Jewish people , 3 volumes, CH Beck, Munich 1978–1980, translation by Siegfried Schmitz
- Volume 1: From the beginning to the 7th century . Munich 1978, ISBN 3-406-07221-6 .
- Volume 2: From the 7th to the 17th century . Munich 1979, ISBN 3-406-07222-4 .
- Volume 3: From the 17th Century to the Present . Munich 1980, ISBN 3-406-07223-2 .
Current new edition: History of the Jewish People. From the beginning to the present (with an afterword by Michael Brenner , authorized translation by Siegfried Schmitz). 6th edition, CH Beck, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-406-55918-1 (thin print special edition of the three volumes from 1978–1980 in one volume with 1412 pages, without images).
Co-authors of the work are: Abraham Malamat , Hayim Tadmor, Menahem Stern , Shmuel Safrai and Shmuel Ettinger.
- First publication Tel Aviv 1969 Hebrew: toledot am jisrael .
- English A History of the Jewish People . Cambridge 1976.
- further editions in German 1992 and 1995.
Web links
- Literature by and about Haim Hillel Ben-Sasson in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ben-Sasson, Haim Hillel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ben-Sasson, Chaim Hillel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Voloshin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1977 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |