Hayyim Schirmann

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Hayyim (Jefim) Schirmann (Hebrew: חיים שירמן; October 19, 1904 – June 14, 1981) was an Israeli scholar of medieval Spanish and Italian Jewish poetry.

Biography[edit]

Hayyim Schirmann was born in Kiev in the Russian Empire. He studied in his home country until 1919. His family then moved to Germany. he received a degree in Semitic linguistics from Berlin University in 1930.

Academic career[edit]

Schirmann joined the Schocken Institute for Study of Medieval Hebrew Poetry in 1930, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine, now Israel, in 1934 when the Institute relocated there.[1]

He began lecturing in medieval poetry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1942, and became a professor there in 1954. Schirmann continuing his work at the university until 1968. He died in Paris in 1981.

Schirmann was also a violinist. He published essays on music and drew parallels between music and Jewish literature in his literary works.[2]

Awards and recognition[edit]

In 1957, Schirmann was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.[3]

Published works[edit]

  • Die hebräische Übersetzung der Maqamen des Hariri (Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums 37). Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann 1930.
  • מבחר השירה העברית באיטליה [Anthology of Hebrew Poetry in Italy]. Berlin: Schocken 1934.
  • השירה העברית בספרד ובפרובאנס [Hebrew Poetry of Spain and Provence]. 2 vols. Jerusalem 1954/56.
  • תולדות השירה העברית בספרד המוסלמית [The History of Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Spain. Edited, Supplemented and Annotated by Ezra Fleischer.] Jerusalem: Magnes 1995. ISBN 965-223-914-3
  • תולדות השירה העברית בספרד הנוצרית ובדרום צרפת [The History of Hebrew Poetry in Christian Spain and Southern France. Edited, Supplemented and Annotated by Ezra Fleischer]. Jerusalem: Magnes 1997. ISBN 965-223-963-1

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barzilay (1982), xxv-xxvi
  2. ^ Barzilay (1982), xxix–xxx
  3. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew)".

Bibliography[edit]

  • Barzilay, Isaac E. (1982). "Hayyim (Jefim) Schirmann (1904-1981)". Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research. 49: xxv–xxxi. JSTOR 3622554.(subscription required)

This article incorporates material from the article Chaim Schirmann in German Wikipedia.