Yehuda Liebes
Professor Emeritus Yehuda Liebes | |
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יהודה ליבס | |
Liebes in 2012 | |
| Born | 1947 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Known for | Kabbalah scholarship |
| Spouse | Esther |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Israel Prize (2017) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1976 |
| Thesis | Peraḳim be-milon sefer ha-Zohar (Chapters in the Dictionary of the Book of the Zohar) (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gershom Scholem |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Main interests | Kabbalah, Zohar, Jewish myth, Sabbateanism |
| Website | http://liebes.huji.ac.il/ |
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Yehuda Liebes (Hebrew: יהודה ליבס; born 1947) is an Israeli academic and scholar. He is the Gershom Scholem Professor Emeritus of Kabbalah at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Considered a leading scholar of Kabbalah, his research interests also include Jewish myth, Sabbateanism, and the links between Judaism and ancient Greek religion, Christianity, and Islam. He is the recipient of the 1997 Bialik Prize, the 1999 Gershom Scholem Prize for Kabbalah Research, the 2006 EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture, and the 2017 Israel Prize in Jewish thought.