Amos Funkenstein
Born9 March 1937 Edit this on Wikidata
Jaffa Edit this on Wikidata
Died1995 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 57–58)
OccupationPhilosopher, university teacher Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
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Amos Funkenstein (1937-1995) was an American-Jewish historian of Jewish history.[1] Funkenstein, like Baruch Spinoza, was considered heretical.[2][3][4] In 1967, he started his career as a history professor at UCLA and later taught at Tel Aviv University, Stanford and UC Berkeley.[5] Funkenstein's work encompassed several disciplines.[6]

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