Esriel Hildesheimer Collection

Collection

Identifier: LBIJER 897

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The file contains various documents pertaining to research conducted by Esriel Hildesheimer and comprises 14 folders. All the folders contain drafts of lectures and articles, hand-written notes, copies of articles, and archival materials with notations by Hildesheimer and related correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1968-1991

Creator

Hildesheimer, Ezriel, 1820-1899 (Person)
Korff, Samuel I. (Person)

Language of Materials

The collection is in German and Hebrew.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection has been digitized.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection is open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

Esriel Hildesheimer (1912-1998) studied at the Frankfurt Yeshiva and at the Rabbinic Seminars in Berlin, as well as at Berlin University. He received his doctorate from the Hebrew University in 1982. He was the great-grandson of Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899), and the son of the rabbi’s grandson Shalom; not to be confused with his cousin Esriel Esra Hildesheimer (1901-1998), who was the son of Meir Hildesheimer.