Etan Kohlberg

Etan Kohlberg is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Etan Kohlberg
Born	Tel-Aviv
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Spouse(s)	Bat-Sheva Savaldi-Kohlberg

Biography

Prof. Etan Kohlberg was born in Tel-Aviv and spent his childhood learning music especially through violin. Kohlberg’s father was a pharmacist who married a violinist named Bat-Sheva Savaldi-Kohlberg. The couple had a son in 1983, Yaron Kohlberg who became an international pianist.

Education

• Doctorate, Oxford University, 1971
• Master of Arts, Hebrew University, 1968
• Bachelor of Arts, Hebrew University, 1966

Career

• Professor, Hebrew University, (1991-Present)
• Head of the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Hebrew University, (1987-1989)
• Associate Professor, Hebrew University, (1983-1991)
• Senior Lecturer, Hebrew University, (1976-1983)
• Lecturer, Hebrew University, (1972-1976)

Academic Activities

• Taught at Yale University
• Research Assistant, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
• Member, Israel Academy of Sciences

Books

• In Praise of the Few: Studies in Shiite Thought and History: Shii Islam: Texts and Studies, Brill Academic Publications, 2020
• Medieval Muslim Scholar at Work: Ibn Tawus and His Library: Ibn Ṭāwūs and His Library: Islamic Philosophy, Theology, & Science, Brill Academic Publications, 1992
• Shi'ism (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World), Routledge, 2003
• Belief and Law in Imami Shi’ism, Aldershot Variorum, 1991

Articles

•  “The Development of the Imami Shi’i Doctrine of jihad”, Journal of the German Oriental Society vol. 126 no. 1, 1976, p. 64-86
•  “From Imāmiyya to Ithnā-‘Ashariyya”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies vol. 39, 1976, p. 521-534.

Honors

• Rothschild Prize for Humanities, 2008
• EMET Prize for Oriental Studies, 2008

Sources

• Etan Kohlberg's personal website

Contact Details

• Shia tent website