PHILOSOPHER

Gershom Scholem

1897 - 1982

Gershom Scholem

Gershom Scholem (Hebrew: גֵרְשׁׂם שָׁלוֹם‎) (December 5, 1897 – February 21, 1982), was a German-born Israeli philosopher and historian. He is widely regarded as the founder of the modern, academic study of Kabbalah. He was the first professor of Jewish Mysticism at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gershom Scholem has received more than 267,463 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gershom Scholem is the 376th most popular philosopher (up from 416th in 2019), the 876th most popular biography from Germany (up from 948th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Philosopher.

Gershom Scholem is most famous for his work in the field of Jewish mysticism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gershom Scholem ranks 376 out of 1,089. Before him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Pompeia Plotina, Jean Gerson, René Girard, and Paul Tillich. After him are Ramanuja, Mulla Sadra, Yuri Lotman, Alexandre Kojève, Saadia Gaon, and Nachmanides.

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Henri-Frédéric Amiel
1821 - 1881
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 370
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
1149 - 1209
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 371
Pompeia Plotina
65 - 121
HPI: 70.56
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Jean Gerson
1363 - 1429
HPI: 70.53
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René Girard
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
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Paul Tillich
1886 - 1965
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 375
Gershom Scholem
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 376
Ramanuja
1017 - 1137
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 377
Mulla Sadra
1571 - 1636
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 378
Yuri Lotman
1922 - 1993
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 379
Alexandre Kojève
1902 - 1968
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 380
Saadia Gaon
882 - 942
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 381
Nachmanides
1194 - 1270
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 382

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Gershom Scholem ranks 38. Before him are Tadeusz Reichstein, Odd Hassel, Ivan Bagramyan, Margaret Mahler, Kirill Meretskov, and Vasily Sokolovsky. After him are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, John Cockcroft, Vlado Chernozemski, Herbert Gille, John Franklin Enders, and Joseph Berchtold. Among people deceased in 1982, Gershom Scholem ranks 47. Before him are Walter Hallstein, Anna German, Varlam Shalamov, Władysław Gomułka, Thelonious Monk, and Hugo Theorell. After him are Meša Selimović, Hermann Balck, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Takashi Shimura, Colin Chapman, and Marty Feldman.

Others Born in 1897

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Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 32
Odd Hassel
1897 - 1981
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 33
Ivan Bagramyan
1897 - 1982
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 34
Margaret Mahler
1897 - 1985
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 35
Kirill Meretskov
1897 - 1968
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 36
Vasily Sokolovsky
1897 - 1968
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 37
Gershom Scholem
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 38
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
1897 - 1965
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 39
John Cockcroft
1897 - 1967
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 40
Vlado Chernozemski
1897 - 1934
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 41
Herbert Gille
1897 - 1966
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 42
John Franklin Enders
1897 - 1985
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 43
Joseph Berchtold
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 44