Eliezer Schweid

Eliezer Schweid (7 September 1929 – 18 January 2022) was an Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was also a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Schweid died on 18 January 2022, at the age of 92.[1]

Schweid in 2008

Awards

In 1994, Schweid was awarded the Israel Prize, in Jewish thought.[2][3]

Published works
  • Jewish Identity in Modern Israel: Proceedings on Secular Judaism and Democracy
  • The Jewish Experience of Time (2000)
  • Wrestling Until Day-Break: Searching for Meaning in the Thinking on the Holocaust (1994)
  • Democracy and Halakhah (1994)
  • Siddur HaTefilla (2009)
  • The Land of Israel: National Home Or Land of Destiny (1985, with Deborah Greniman)
  • Judaism and Mysticism According to Gershom Scholem: A Critical Analysis and Programmatic Discussion (1985)
  • The Classic Jewish Philosophers: From Saadia Through the Renaissance (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy) (2008, Leonard Levin)

References
  1. "חתן פרס ישראל אליעזר שביד הלך לעולמו". Kipa. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1994 (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
  3. "Mourning the Death of Prof. Eliezer Schweid". Jewish Theological Seminary.

See also


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