David Flusser (1917-2000), scholar
David Flusser (1917-2000) was an Austrian-born Jewish Israeli scholar.
Biography
Born in Vienna, grew up in Bohemia. Moved to Palestine in 1939. PhD (1957) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor at the same Institution. Specialist in Second Temple Judaism with special interest in Christian origins.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Jesus in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten (1968 Flusser), book
- Megilot Midbar Yehudah veha-Isiyim (1985 Flusser), book
- Judaism and the Origins of Christianity (1988 Flusser), book
- Das Christentum, eine jüdische Religion (1990 Flusser), book