Eugen Täubler (October 10, 1879 – August 13, 1953) was a German

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born in

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. He studied

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under

Otto Hirschfeld Otto Hirschfeld (March 16, 1843 – March 27, 1922) was a German epigraphist and professor of ancient history who was a native of Königsberg. In 1863 received a doctorate from the University of Königsberg, and in 1869 became a professor at th ...

(1843–1922), receiving his doctorate in 1904 with a dissertation titled ''Die Parthernachrichten bei Josephus''. From 1910 to 1914 he worked as a lecturer at the

Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, or Higher Institute for Jewish Studies, was a rabbinical seminary established in Berlin in 1872 and closed down by the Nazi government of Germany in 1942. Upon the order of the government, the name ...

(Higher Institute for Jewish Studies) in

. In 1927, he married the historian

Selma Stern Selma Stern-Täubler (born 24 July 1890, Kippenheim, Germany – died 17 August 1981, Basel) was one of the first women to become a professional historian in Germany, and the author of a seven-volume work (3,740 pages) ''The Prussian State and th ...

, who was a research fellow at the Akademie für die Wissenschaft des Judentums at the time. From 1922 to 1925 he taught classes at the

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, and in the years 1925 to 1933 was a professor of

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at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

. In 1933 he was removed from his position at Heidelberg by the Nazis, and returned to teach at the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. After the institute's forced closure in 1941, Täubler and his wife emigrated to the United States with the help of

Julian Morgenstern Julian Morgenstern (March 18, 1881 – December 4, 1976) was a Jewish-American rabbi, Bible scholar, and president of Hebrew Union College. Life Morgenstern was born on March 18, 1881 in St. Francisville, Illinois, the son of Samuel Morgenstern ...

, president of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. There, he became a professor at Hebrew Union College in

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until his death in 1953. Täubler's wife, Selma Stern-Täubler, served as the first archivist at the

American Jewish Archives The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, founded in 1947, is committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American Jewry. It has be ...

which were established there in 1947.

Selected publications

* ''Untersuchungen zur Geschichte des Decemvirats und der Zwölftafeln'' (Studies on the history of

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and the Twelve Tables), 1921. * ''Die Vorgeschichte des zweiten punischen Krieges'' (The prehistory of the Second Punic War), 1921. * ''Die Archaeologie des Thukydides'' (The Archaeology of

Thucydides Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His '' History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of " scienti ...

), 1927. * ''Tyche'' (

Tyche Tyche (; Ancient Greek: Τύχη ''Túkhē'', 'Luck', , ; Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. In Classical Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Aphrodite ...

). * ''Der römische Staat'' (The Roman State).

References

* "This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia". 20th-century German historians Academic staff of Heidelberg University Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 1879 births 1953 deaths German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-historian-stub