Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer

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Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer

Religious Studies

#2387

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#5272

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Why Is Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer was a Jewish scholar of Jewish mysticism. Schatz Uffenheimer was a student of Gershom Scholem. Biography Rivka Schatz-Uffenheimer was born in Poland and raised in Brazil. She received her BA, MA, and Ph.D. at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem where she was later employed as a Professor of Jewish mysticism. Her main research was in the realm of Hasidism, particularly regarding the Maggid Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch' and his students. She also wrote about Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and many other figures in modern Jewish Mysticism. She and her students collected hundreds of copies of manuscripts of the Zohar in order to prepare a multi-volume critical edition, but due to her premature death, the project was never actualized. After her death much of her library, including the Zohar manuscript copies, and copies of manuscripts of Rabbi Kook, became part of the Gershom Scholem Collection at the National Library of Israel.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer?

Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer is affiliated with the following schools:

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem