Dovid Gottlieb (born Dale Victor Gottlieb) is a senior faculty member at ''
Ohr Somayach'' in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. An author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb received his
Ph.D.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...
in mathematical logic at
Brandeis University
, mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts"
, established =
, type = Private research university
, accreditation = NECHE
, president = Ronald D. Liebowitz
, ...
and later become (
visiting)
Associate Professor of
Philosophy at
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...
. A student of
Jean Van Heijenoort
Jean Louis Maxime van Heijenoort (; July 23, 1912 – March 29, 1986) was a historian of mathematical logic. He was also a personal secretary to Leon Trotsky from 1932 to 1939, and an American Trotskyist until 1947.
Life
Van Heijenoort was born ...
, he received a doctorate in 1970 for his thesis ''The Use of Formal Systems in Logic and Mathematics''. ''The Informed Soul'' was published by
Artscroll in 1990, and has recently been reprinted.
Personal
Rabbi Gottlieb was married to
Rebbitzen Leeba Gottlieb, who died in January 2020. He married Rebbetzin
Tziporah Heller
Tziporah Heller Gottlieb is an American-born Haredi educator, author, and speaker based in Jerusalem. She is a senior faculty member at the Neve Yerushalayim College for Women, principal of the Bnos Avigail seminary on the Neve campus, and a lectu ...
on May 12, 2020.
His brother is
Roger S. Gottlieb, a professor of philosophy and researcher in
Spiritual ecology at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a Private university, private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1865 in Worcester, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities and now has 14 ac ...
.
Books
*''Ontological Economy: Substitutional Quantification and Mathematics'', OUP, 1980
*''The Informed Soul'', Artscroll/Mesorah, 1990
*''Reason to Believe '', Mosaica Press, 2017
References
External links
Rabbi Gottlieb's homepage
Haredi rabbis in Israel
Living people
Rabbis of Ohr Somayach
Year of birth missing (living people)
Johns Hopkins University faculty
Brandeis University alumni
Baalei teshuva
Jewish apologists
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