Leopold Zunz

Leopold Zunz
Personal
Born10 August 1794
Died17 March 1886
ReligionJudaism
NationalityGerman
SpouseAdelheid Beermann (m. 1822)
OccupationRabbi, writer, activist

Leopold Zunz (Hebrew: יום טוב צונץYom Tov Tzuntz, Yiddish: ליפמן צונץLipmann Zunz; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies (Wissenschaft des Judentums), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual.[1] Zunz's historical investigations and contemporary writings had an important influence on contemporary Judaism.

  1. ^ Nahum Glatzer, Pelger Gregor "Zunz, Leopold", Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed., 2007)