Alexander Altmann (April 16, 1906 – June 6, 1987) was an Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi born in Kaschau, Austria-Hungary, today Košice, Slovakia. He emigrated to England in 1938 and later settled in the United States, working productively for a decade and a half as a professor within the Philosophy Department at Brandeis University. He is best known for his studies of the thought of Moses Mendelssohn, and was indeed the leading Mendelssohn scholar since the time of Mendelssohn himself .

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  • Alexander Altmann (April 16, 1906 – June 6, 1987) was an Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi born in Kaschau, Austria-Hungary, today Košice, Slovakia. He emigrated to England in 1938 and later settled in the United States, working productively for a decade and a half as a professor within the Philosophy Department at Brandeis University. He is best known for his studies of the thought of Moses Mendelssohn, and was indeed the leading Mendelssohn scholar since the time of Mendelssohn himself . He also made important contributions to the study of Jewish mysticism, and for a large part of his career he was the only scholar in the United States working on this subject in a purely academic setting . Among the many Brandeis students whose work he supervised in this area were Arthur Green, Lawrence Fine, and Daniel Matt. (en)
  • Alexander Altmann (* 16. April 1906 in Kaschau (Košice), heute Slowakei; † 6. Juni 1987) war ein orthodox-jüdischer Wissenschaftler und Rabbiner. Er wurde in Košice, damals Österreich-Ungarn, geboren, von wo er 1938 nach England auswanderte. Später ließ er sich in den USA nieder, wo er 15 Jahre als Professor für Philosophie an der Brandeis University unterrichtete. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Arbeiten über Moses Mendelssohn, aber ihm sind auch einige wichtige Beiträge an der Erforschung der jüdischen Mystik zu verdanken, und einen großen Teil seiner Karriere war er der einzige rein wissenschaftlich arbeitende Forscher in diesem Gebiet. Unter den von ihm beaufsichtigten Studenten befanden sich unter anderen Arthur Green, Lawrence Fine und Daniel Matt. (de)
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  • Alexander Altmann's contribution to the study of Jewish mysticism (en)
  • Bibliography of the published writings of Alexander Altmann (en)
  • Jewish scholarship as a vocation (en)
  • Preface (en)
  • The contribution of Alexander Altmann to the study of Moses Mendelssohn (en)
  • The contribution of Alexander Altmann to the study of medieval Jewish philosophy (en)
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  • Alfred L. Ivry, Elliot R. Wolfson & Allan Arkush (en)
  • Arnold Paucker (en)
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  • 415–420 (en)
  • 421–431 (en)
  • 433–440 (en)
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  • Harwood Academic Publishers (en)
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  • Leo Baeck Institute Year Book XXXIV (en)
  • Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism: Proceedings of the International Conference held by The Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1994, in Celebration of its Fortieth Anniversary (en)
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  • Alexander Altmann (April 16, 1906 – June 6, 1987) was an Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi born in Kaschau, Austria-Hungary, today Košice, Slovakia. He emigrated to England in 1938 and later settled in the United States, working productively for a decade and a half as a professor within the Philosophy Department at Brandeis University. He is best known for his studies of the thought of Moses Mendelssohn, and was indeed the leading Mendelssohn scholar since the time of Mendelssohn himself . (en)
  • Alexander Altmann (* 16. April 1906 in Kaschau (Košice), heute Slowakei; † 6. Juni 1987) war ein orthodox-jüdischer Wissenschaftler und Rabbiner. Er wurde in Košice, damals Österreich-Ungarn, geboren, von wo er 1938 nach England auswanderte. Später ließ er sich in den USA nieder, wo er 15 Jahre als Professor für Philosophie an der Brandeis University unterrichtete. (de)
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