Gedaliah Alon
Israeli historian (1901–1950)
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Gedaliah Alon (Hebrew: גדליה אלון; 1901–1950) was an Israeli historian.
Native name
גדליה אלון
Born
1901
Gedaliah Rogozitski
1901
OccupationHistorian
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| Native name | גדליה אלון |
| Born | Gedaliah Rogozitski 1901 |
| Died | 17 March 1950 (aged 48–49) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Citizenship | Israeli |
| Education | Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Notable awards | Israel Prize (1953) |
Biography
Gedaliah Rogoznitski (later Alon) was born in 1901 in Kobryn, Belarus (then in Russian-ruled Poland). In 1924, he studied for a year at Berlin University and, in 1926, he emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine and continued his studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He later joined the faculty of the Hebrew University.
Awards and recognition
In 1953, three years after his death, Alon was posthumously awarded the Israel Prize for Jewish studies,[1] the inaugural year of the prize.
Published works
- Jews, Judaism, and the Classical World: Studies in Jewish History in the Times of the Second Temple and Talmud; translated from the Hebrew by Israel Abrahams, Jerusalem: Magnes Press, the Hebrew University, 1977.
- The Jews in their Land in the Talmudic Age (70-640 C.E.); translated and edited by Gershon Levi, Jerusalem: Magnes Press, the Hebrew University, 1980-1984; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989.
