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Article: A tribute to E.E. Urbach. (Ephraim Elimelech Urbach) (Obituary)
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- Judaism
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- June 22, 1993
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Ephraim Elimelech Urbach was, in the last forty years, the central figure in Jewish studies in Israel, and served as the model and the standard-setter for Jewish studies all over the world. This period was one in which the academic study of Judaism increased ten-fold in Israel, and fifty-fold in North America and Europe. During this unprecedented period of rapid expansion, his influence and the values that he represented became universal throughout Jewish academia, and contributed most meaningfully to the concept of modern Jewish knowledge and self-awareness among all who sought an enlightened adherence to Jewish tradition. He was probably the best-known scholar in Jewish ...