Irene Eber ( 1929 in Halle – April 2019; née Geminder) was an

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Orientalist. She was the Louis Frieberg Professor of

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(emeritus) at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

(

Sinologist Sinology, or Chinese studies, is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the ex ...

), and Senior Fellow of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute. She lived in

. She was also a specialist in translations from

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Works

* ''Chinese and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures. '' Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd. 2007 * ''Chinese Tales. '' Introd. By

Martin Buber Martin Buber ( he, מרטין בובר; german: Martin Buber; yi, מארטין בובער; February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism c ...

, Transl. Alex Page. Humanity Books. 1998. * ''The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible: S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831–1906).'' Brill Academic Pub. 1999. 304 p. *'' Bible in Modern China. The Literary and Intellectual Impact.'' Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1999. With Nicolas Standaert, Arnulf Camps, and

Jost Zetzsche Jost Oliver Zetzsche (born in Hamburg, Germany) is a German–American translator, sinologist and writer who lives in Oregon. Biography Jost Zetzsche currently lives in Reedsport, Oregon with his wife, Kristen, and three children, Hannes, Lara, ...

. * ''Confucianism, the Dynamics of Tradition. '' Macmillan Library Reference. 1986 * ''Influence, Translation and Parallels. Selected Studies on the Bible in China.'' With Marián Gálik. Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung. 330 Seiten. * '' The Choice - Poland, 1939-1945.'' 2004. Schocken Books Inc., New York. Penguin Putnam Inc.,US. 240 p. (A Holocaust survivor's story describes her experiences in wartime

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. Eber's book is a psychological analysis of coping with the destructive forces that engulfed her young life at Halle, Mielec, Brünnlitz (Brněnec),

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and

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.) * ''Above the Drowning Sea'', documentary on the Shanghai Jews, featured witness.Above the Drowning Sea Witnesses
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eber, Irene 1929 births 2019 deaths Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty Israeli sinologists Israeli people of German-Jewish descent People from Halle (Saale) People from the Province of Saxony