Hayyim Schirmann
Israeli historian
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Hayyim (Jefim) Schirmann (Hebrew: חיים שירמן; October 19, 1904 – June 14, 1981) was an Israeli scholar of medieval Spanish and Italian Jewish poetry.
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חיים שירמן | |
| Born | 19 October 1904 |
| Died | 14 June 1981 (aged 76) |
| Occupations | Scholar, professor |
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| Discipline | Medieval Jewish poetry |
Sub-discipline | Medieval Spanish and Italian Jewish poetry |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Biography
Hayyim Schirmann was born in Kiev in the Russian Empire. He studied in his home country until 1919. His family then moved to Germany. he received a degree in Semitic linguistics from Berlin University in 1930.[1]
Academic career
Schirmann joined the Schocken Institute for Study of Medieval Hebrew Poetry in 1930, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine, now Israel, in 1934 when the Institute relocated there.[1]
He began lecturing in medieval poetry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1942, and became a professor there in 1954. Schirmann continuing his work at the university until 1968. He died in Paris in 1981.
Schirmann was also a violinist. He published essays on music and drew parallels between music and Jewish literature in his literary works.[2]
Awards and recognition
In 1957, Schirmann was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.[3]
Published works
- Die hebräische Übersetzung der Maqamen des Hariri (Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums 37). Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann 1930.
- מבחר השירה העברית באיטליה [Anthology of Hebrew Poetry in Italy]. Berlin: Schocken 1934.
- השירה העברית בספרד ובפרובאנס [Hebrew Poetry of Spain and Provence]. 2 vols. Jerusalem 1954/56.
- תולדות השירה העברית בספרד המוסלמית [The History of Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Spain. Edited, Supplemented and Annotated by Ezra Fleischer.] Jerusalem: Magnes 1995. ISBN 965-223-914-3
- תולדות השירה העברית בספרד הנוצרית ובדרום צרפת [The History of Hebrew Poetry in Christian Spain and Southern France. Edited, Supplemented and Annotated by Ezra Fleischer]. Jerusalem: Magnes 1997. ISBN 965-223-963-1
