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Gotthard Deutsch
1859–1921
A Moravian-born rabbi, historian, and scholar of Judaism, he built a long teaching career in Cincinnati and helped shape American Jewish learning at the turn of the twentieth century. His writing ranged from Jewish history and philosophy to major reference works that are still consulted today.
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The history of the Jews
by Gotthard Deutsch
About the author
Born in 1859 in Dolní Kounice in Moravia, then part of the Austrian Empire, Gotthard Deutsch was educated in both traditional Jewish learning and university scholarship. He studied at the University of Breslau and at the Jewish Theological Seminary there before continuing his academic work in history and philosophy.
After immigrating to the United States, he became professor of Jewish history and philosophy at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1891. He was known as a learned and wide-ranging teacher, and his career placed him among the important Jewish scholars working in America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Deutsch also wrote extensively. He contributed many articles to major reference projects, including the Jewish Encyclopedia, and his work helped bring serious historical scholarship to a broad English-speaking readership. He died in 1921, leaving behind a reputation for deep learning, energetic teaching, and lasting service to Jewish studies.