Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
TCHERIKOVER, VICTOR — (Avigdor; 1894–1958), historian. Tcherikover was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, into a family of maskilim. Graduating from the humanistic high school in Moscow, he studied philosophy and later ancient history at the University of Moscow, then… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ALEXANDRIA — ALEXANDRIA, city in northern egypt . Ancient Period Jews settled in Alexandria at the beginning of the third century B.C.E. (according to Josephus, already in the time of Alexander the Great). At first they dwelt in the eastern sector of the city … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Alexander Fuks — (* 30. Mai 1917 in Breslau; † 29. November 1978) war ein israelischer Althistoriker und Papyrologe. Leben Fuks absolvierte seine schulische Ausbildung in Breslau. Er wanderte nach Palästina aus und kam 1935 nach Jerusalem, wo er an der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
ARISTEAS, LETTER OF — ARISTEAS, LETTER OF, Jewish Alexandrian literary composition written by an anonymous Jew, in the form of a letter allegedly written to his brother Philocrates by Aristeas, a Greek in the court of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 B.C.E.). The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HISTORIOGRAPHY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the bible second temple period chronicles of the jews early middle ages spanish and portuguese sixteenth to the seventeenth centuries systematic histories early studies the wissenschaft … Encyclopedia of Judaism
