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Jacob Golomb is a professor of philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem .1 He specializes in Continental philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Psychoanalysis, philosophy and literature; Philosophy of Zionism and Jewish modern philosophy. v t e
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jacob Golomb is a professor of philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He specializes in Continental philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, phenomenology , hermeneutics , psychoanalysis , philosophy and literature; Philosophy of Zionism and Jewish modern philosophy . Professor Golomb is currently acting as the Philosophical Editor of the Hebrew University Magnes Press and is a member of its academic committee.
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Jacob Golomb Jacob Golomb is a professor of philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He specializes in Continental philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, phenomenology , hermeneutics , psychoanalysis , philosophy and literature; Philosophy of Zionism and Jewish modern philosophy . Professor Golomb is currently acting as the Philosophical Editor of the Hebrew University Magnes Press and is a member of its academic committee.
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Jacob Golomb Jacob Golomb ( Hebrew : יעקב גולומב) is a professor of philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He specializes in Continental philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, phenomenology , hermeneutics , psychoanalysis , philosophy and literature; Philosophy of Zionism and Jewish modern philosophy . Professor Golomb is currently acting as the Philosophical Editor of the Hebrew University Magnes Press and is a member of its academic committee.
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He was professor of philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Golomb specialised in continental philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, phenomenology , hermeneutics , psychoanalysis , philosophy and literature; Philosophy of Zionism and Jewish modern philosophy . Professor Golomb was acting as the Philosophical Editor of the Hebrew University Magnes Press and was a member of its academic committee.Jacob Golomb died in July 2023, at the age of 76.Jacob Golomb , Department Of Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. פרופ' יעקב גולומב ז"ל (in Hebrew)
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He was professor of philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Golomb specialised in continental philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, phenomenology , hermeneutics , psychoanalysis , philosophy and literature; Philosophy of Zionism and Jewish modern philosophy . Professor Golomb was acting as the Philosophical Editor of the Hebrew University Magnes Press and was a member of its academic committee. Jacob Golomb died in July 2023, at the age of 76. Jacob Golomb , Department Of Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. פרופ' יעקב גולומב ז"ל (in Hebrew)
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professor of philosophy at the hebrew university of jerusalem
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israeli philosopher
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