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Robert Bonfil

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Robert Bonfil
Born1937 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationHistorian, Judaic scholar Edit this on Wikidata

Robert (Roberto, Reuven) Bonfil an important scholar of pre-modern Jewish history and modern Jewish historiography.[1][2] He is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] His work focuses on the history of the Jews in Italy and the history of the Jews in the Byzantine Empire.[3] He was born in 1937 in Greece and is a Holocaust survivor.[2][4][5]

Publications

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  • Bonfil, Robert (1994). Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy. Translated by Oldcorn, Anthony. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07350-0.
  • Bonfil, Robert (2012). Jews in Byzantium: dialectics of minority and majority cultures. Jerusalem studies in religion and culture. Leiden [etc.]: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-20355-6.

References

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  1. ^ Molho, Anthony (1995). Bonfil, Robert; Oldcorn, Anthony (eds.). "Robert Bonfil: A "Modern" Historian's Moral Imperative". Jewish History. 9 (2): 113–118. doi:10.1007/BF01668992. ISSN 0334-701X. JSTOR 20101236. S2CID 143603699.
  2. ^ "Bonfil, Robert | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  3. ^ Gunzberg, Lynn M. (1996). "Review of Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy". Italica. 73 (2): 273–275. doi:10.2307/479374. ISSN 0021-3020. JSTOR 479374.
  4. ^ "As Threats from Tehran Intensify, Iran's Exiled Crown Prince Stands with Israel on Holocaust Remembrance Day". CBN. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  5. ^ אלבז-אלוש, קורין (2023-04-18). "ראובן ונכדו הקצין השיאו יחד משואה: "היה חשוב לי שיכירו את הסיפור של סבא"". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-11-05.