Isaac Heinemann (Hebrew: יצחק היינמן) (born 5 June 1876; died 28 July 1957) was an Israeli rabbinical scholar and a professor of classical literature, Hellenistic literature and philology.
Biography
editHeinemann was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1876. In 1897, he received rabbinic ordination. He emigrated to then British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1939 and joined the faculty of Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Awards
edit- In 1955, Heinemann was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1955 (in Hebrew)". cms.education.gov.il (Israel Prize official website). Archived from the original on June 12, 2012.
See also
edit
 | This biographical article about a German rabbi is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article about an Israeli rabbi is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |