Biography:Eliezer Schweid

Professor Eliezer Schweid, November 2008

Eliezer Schweid (Hebrew: אליעזר שביד; born September 7, 1929) is an Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He is a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Awards

In 1994, Schweid was awarded the Israel Prize, in Jewish thought.

Published works

• Jewish Identity in Modern Israel: Proceedings on Secular Judaism and Democracy
• The Jewish Experience of Time (2000)
• Wrestling Until Day-Break: Searching for Meaning in the Thinking on the Holocaust (1994)
• Democracy and Halakhah (1994)
• The Land of Israel: National Home Or Land of Destiny (1985, with Deborah Greniman)
• Judaism and Mysticism According to Gershom Scholem: A Critical Analysis and Programmatic Discussion (1985)
• The Classic Jewish Philosophers: From Saadia Through the Renaissance (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy) (2008, Leonard Levin)

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients