Elias J. Bickerman (1897-1981), scholar
Elias Joseph Bickerman (1897-1981) was a Jewish scholar.
Biography
Elias Joseph Bickermann or Bickerman (born 1st June, 1897 in Kischinau, Moldavia; died 31st August, 1981 in Jerusalem) was a Moldavian historian.
The pupil of Michael Rostovtzeff served in 1916-1921 in the Russian army and studied since 1922 in Berlin. In 1926 he obtain the doctorate in University of Berlin. In the context of National Socialist Jew's policy he settled in 1933 to France and remained there till 1942. After the occupation of France by Nazi's Germany he emigrated to New York where he taught in the New School for Social Research or in the Jewish Theological Seminary. Then he taught in Los Angeles in the University of Judaism and since 1952 till 1967 in Columbia University. After his retirement he taught again in the Jewish Theological Seminary.
One of main and important points in the Bickerman's research was the Jewish history in the time of the Hellenism and here, first of all, the history of the Maccabees. Bickermann obtain in 1976 the Dr.-Leopold-Lucas-Preis.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Der Gott der Makkabäer (1937 Bickerman), book
- From Ezra to the Last of the Maccabees (1962 Bickerman), book
- The Jews in the Greek Age (1988 Bickerman), book