Heinrich Simon (Judaist)

Heinrich Simon (born on May 26, 1921 in Berlin ; died on February 6, 2010 there ) was a German Semitist and Judaist .

After graduating from the Jewish High School in Berlin in 1939, Simon had to emigrate as a Jew from Germany to Palestine, joined the British Army, but returned to Berlin in 1947, where he married Marie Jalowicz in 1948 . With her he had a son named Hermann in 1949 . He studied at the Humboldt University in Berlin , where he worked with Liselotte Richter in 1951 with a thesis The Ideological Function of the Old Stoa. The concept of nature in the stoic ethics was doctorate, 1956 he habilitated there for arabic philosophy. He initially taught as a lecturer in ancient and medieval philosophy as well as philosophy and culture of the Middle East, and since 1960 he has been a professor of Hebrew and Arabic studies at the Middle East Institute there. In 1986 he retired, but continued teaching until 1998.

tomb

He is buried next to his wife in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee .

Publications

• The ideological function of the old stoa. The concept of nature in stoic ethics. Berlin 1951, DNB 480820317 (dissertation).
• Ibn Khaldun's Science of Human Culture. Berlin 1956, DNB 480087008 (habilitation thesis).
• with Marie Simon : The old Stoa and its concept of nature. A contribution to the history of philosophy of Hellenism , Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 1956, DNB 454717849 .
• with Marie Simon: History of Jewish Philosophy. Berlin 1984.
• Jewish Holidays. Holidays in the Jewish calendar. (= Jewish miniatures . Volume 7), Foundation New Synagogue Berlin, Centrum Judaicum. Hentrich and Hentrich , Teetz 2003, ISBN 3-933471-56-7 ; Russian 2004, ISBN 3-933471-77-X (= Jewish miniatures, volume 22).
• Life in Judaism. Personal celebrations and memorable days. With an essay “The meaning and goal of human life from a Jewish perspective” (= Jewish miniatures , volume 8). New Synagogue Foundation Berlin, Centrum Judaicum. Hentrich and Hentrich, Teetz 2004, ISBN 978-3-933471-66-6 .

literature

• The Near East in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Ceremony for Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Heinrich Simon, Full Professor of Hebrew Studies and Arabic Philosophy, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Berlin 1987

Web links

• Honoring the 50th anniversary of the doctorate by the Humboldt University