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Leopold Zunz

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Leopold Zunz

Birth
Detmold, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
17 Mar 1886 (aged 91)
Berlin, Germany
Burial
Prenzlauer Berg, Pankow, Berlin, Germany Add to Map
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Scholar and writer who formed with friends, (including Abraham Geiger, qv), the 'Society for the Science of Judaism', one of the first attempts to study Judaism in the light of modern history and sociology and a forerunner of the Reform movement.
Scholar and writer who formed with friends, (including Abraham Geiger, qv), the 'Society for the Science of Judaism', one of the first attempts to study Judaism in the light of modern history and sociology and a forerunner of the Reform movement.

Bio by: David Conway


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  • Created by: David Conway
  • Added: Oct 4, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6820618/leopold-zunz: accessed ), memorial page for Leopold Zunz (10 Aug 1794–17 Mar 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6820618, citing Senerfelderplatz Jewish Cemetery, Prenzlauer Berg, Pankow, Berlin, Germany; Maintained by David Conway (contributor 92).