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Alan Berger | |
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| Born | November 16, 1939 |
| Other names | A.L Berger, A.L.B |
| Occupation(s) | Religion scholar, writer, literary scholar, lecturer, academician |
| Years active | 1978 to present |
| Known for | Judaic education and Holocaust studies program at the Florida Atlantic University |
| Title | Raddock Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies at Florida Atlantic University |
| Spouse |
Naomi Berger (m. 1980) |
| Awards | The 2002 B’nai Zion National Media Award, for edition of The second generation voices. |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Syracuse University Upsala College University of Chicago Divinity School Hebrew University |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Religious studies |
| Institutions | Florida Atlantic University, Syracuse University |
| Main interests | Religious studies |
| Notable works | Edited
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Alan L. Berger (born November 16, 1939) is an American scholar, writer and professor of Judaic Studies and Holocaust studies at the Florida Atlantic University. He occupies the Raddock Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies at Florida Atlantic University and is director of the Center for the Study of Values and Violence After Auschwitz.[1][2][3] He is best known for Judaism education, debates about grouping Judaism, Christianity and Islam together under the term Abrahamic religions, and as a scholar of Holocaust studies.[4]
He graduated from the Hebrew University in 1972. He holds a B.A. from Upsala College in New Jersey, an M.A. from University of Chicago Divinity School and obtained his Ph.D. from the Syracuse University in humanities studies in 1978.[5]
- ^ "Dr. Alan Berger discusses the Holocaust in his lecture "The End of the Holocaust?"". ArtsCalendar.com. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "Dr. Alan Berger". home.fau.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "Faculty members". Florida Atlantic University.
- ^ Berger, Alan L., ed. (1991). Bearing Witness to the Holocaust, 1939–1989. Philadelphia: Edwin Mellen Press. p. 20. ISBN 0773496440.
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