author
Heinrich Graetz
1817–1891
A pioneering 19th-century Jewish historian, he helped shape modern understanding of Jewish history with a sweeping narrative written from a Jewish point of view. His work reached a wide audience and remained influential long after his lifetime.
6 Audiobooks
History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6)
by Heinrich Graetz
History of the Jews, Vol. 5 (of 6)
by Heinrich Graetz
History of the Jews, Vol. 4 (of 6)
by Heinrich Graetz
History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6) Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work
by Heinrich Graetz
History of the Jews, Vol. 2 (of 6)
by Heinrich Graetz
History of the Jews, Vol. 3 (of 6)
by Heinrich Graetz
About the author
Born on October 31, 1817, in Xions in the Prussian province of Posen, Heinrich Graetz became one of the first modern scholars to write a full-scale history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective. He was largely self-taught in his early years and was strongly influenced by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch.
Graetz is best known for his multivolume History of the Jews, a major 19th-century work that helped make Jewish history a modern field of study. He later taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, where he built a reputation as a historian and biblical scholar.
He died in Munich on September 7, 1891. Even though some of his interpretations were debated, his ambition, range, and lasting impact made him a central figure in modern Jewish historiography.