Heinrich Hirsch Graetz (1817-1891), scholar
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Heinrich Hirsch Graetz (1817-1891) was a Jewish-German historian and biblical scholar. Taught at Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau. Edited the Monatsschrift für die Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums. Highly influential in his attempt to write history of Jews as history of living people and from a self-conscious Jewish viewpoint. Graetz's History of the Jews includes the Second Temple period and has a chapter on Christian origins, in which Jesus is introduced as a religious leader influenced by the Essenes.
Works
Books
- Geschichte der Juden: 3. Bis zum Untergang des jüdischen Staates (1856 Graetz), book.
- Geschichte der Juden: 2.2. Bis zum Tode des Juda Makkabi (1876 Graetz), book.
Biography
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