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Aviad Kleinberg
Aviad Kleinberg is an Israeli historian of medieval religion and saints, and a newspaper columnist who served as president of the Ruppin Academic Center.
born 1957Research on medieval saintsWeekly column in Yedioth AhronothPresidency of Ruppin Academic CenterHebrew translation of Augustine's Confessions
- Occupation
- historian, opinion journalist, religious studies scholar
Aviad Kleinberg was born in 1957 in Beersheba
Aviad Kleinberg was born in 1957 in Beersheba and grew up there. His parents were Holocaust survivors from Poland.
He earned a BA in history at Tel Aviv University in 1982. He then received a PhD in medieval studies from the University of Toronto in 1989, with a thesis on how saintly reputation was formed in the Middle Ages.
He taught medieval history at Tel Aviv University and became a full professor in 2008. He directed Tel Aviv University Press from 2001 and headed the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies from 2015 to 2019. His research covers Christianity and saints, and he translated the Confessions of Saint Augustine into Hebrew.
His books include Prophets in Their Own Country (1992) and Flesh Made Word (2008). For many years he wrote a weekly column in Yedioth Ahronoth and also wrote in Haaretz.
In 2021 he was elected president of the Ruppin Academic Center. That year he married Olesya Kantor, and they live in Herzliya. He has 3 children.
Milestones in Aviad Kleinberg's life
- 1957
Born in Beersheba.
- 1982
Completed a BA in history at Tel Aviv University.
- 1989
Received a PhD from the University of Toronto.
- 1992
Published his first book, Prophets in Their Own Country.
- 2001
Became director of Tel Aviv University Press.
- 2008
Promoted to full professor and published Flesh Made Word.
- 2015
Became head of the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies.
- 2021
Elected president of the Ruppin Academic Center.
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