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Yosef Salmon

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Jewish History, Emeritus

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Yosef Salmon is professor emeritus of Modern Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Harvard University, and Yale University.

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*Yosef Da’at: Studies in Modern Jewish History in Honor of Yosef Salmon*, ed. Yossi Goldstein (Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2010)

Articles by Yosef Salmon

Yosef Salmon, “More on the History of the National Library 1872-1920,” in Avriel Bar-Levav, Oded Israeli, Jonatan Meir, Avraham (Rami) Reiner, eds., The Way of the Book: A Tribute to Zeev Gries (Jerusalem: Carmel, 2021), 529-543 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “The Hatam Sofer and the Land of Israel,” in Yosef Salmon, Keeping Divine Law: Orthodoxy and Ultra-Orthodoxy (Jerusalem: Bialik, 2019), 115-133 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov (The Bnei Yissaschar) and His Struggle with The Haskalah,” in Yosef Salmon, Keeping Divine Law: Orthodoxy and Ultra-Orthodoxy (Jerusalem: Bialik, 2019), 81-114 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Introduction,” in Yosef Salmon, Keeping Divine Law: Orthodoxy and Ultra-Orthodoxy (Jerusalem: Bialik, 2019), 1-14 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “R. Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (Neziv) of Volozhin,” in Avigdor Shinan and Israel Jacob Yuval, eds., The Wisdom of the Sages – Biblical Commentary in Rabbinic Literature: Presented to Hananel Mack (Jerusalem: Carmel, 2019), 397-406 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “The Origins of the Shemittah Polemic,” Cathedra, no. 170 (December 2018): 63-80 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “The Corfu Citron Controversy,” in Eliezer E. Goldschmidt and Moshe Bar-Joseph, eds., The Etrog Citron: Tradition and Research (Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook, 2018), 315-367 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Rabbi Isaac Jacob Reines: Profile of a Religious Zionist Leader,” in Dov Schwartz, ed., Religious Zionism: History, Thought, Society (Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2018), 9-32 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Man of War: Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Leib Diskin (Maharil Diskin),” in Benjamin Brown and Nissim Leon, eds., The Gedolim: Leaders Who Shaped the Israeli Haredi Jewry (Jerusalem: Magnes, 2017), 295-318 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Rabbi Joshua Joseph Preil: An Orthodox Preacher,” in Immanuel Etkes, David Assaf, and Yosef Kaplan, eds., Avnei Derekh: Essays in Jewish History Dedicated to Zvi (Kuti) Yekutiel (Jerusalem: Shazar, 2016), 239-248 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Akiva Yosef Schlesinger: A Forerunner of Zionism or a Forerunner of Ultra-Orthodoxy,” Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 15:2 (July 2016): 171-187

Yosef Salmon, “The Precursors of Ultra-Orthodoxy in Galicia and Hungary: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Torem of Rymanów and his Disciples,” Modern Judaism 36:2 (May 2016): 115-143

Yosef Salmon, “Rabbi Joshua Joseph Preil: Protesting at the Gate,” Modern Judaism 35:1 (February 2015): 66-82

Yosef Salmon, “Nationalism and Religion: The Nationalist Philosophy of Uriel Tal,” in Yossi Goldstein, ed., Religion Nationalism: The Struggle for Modern Jewish Identity, vol. 1 (Ariel: Ariel University, 2014), 220-223 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Messianism and Redemption in the Teaching of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer,” in Asaf Yedidya, ed., Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and the Awakening to Zion (Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 2014), 150-164 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “The Work of Yoel Moshe Salomon: A Public Figure and Entrepreneur,” in Israel Bartal and Shimon Shamir, eds., The Salomon: Three Generations of Pioneers and Leaders (Jerusalem: Shazar, 2014), 59-74 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Christians and Christianity in Halachic Literature from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century,” Modern Judaism 33:2 (May 2013): 125-147

Yosef Salmon, “Christians and Christianity in Halachic Literature from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century,” Report of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (2012-2013): 124-132

Yosef Salmon, “Eliyahu Akiva Rabinovich: Spokesman of Russian Jewish Orthodoxy,” in Benjamin Brown, et al., eds., Religion and Politics in Jewish Thought: Essays in Honor of Aviezer Ravitzky, vol. 2 (Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute, 2012), 721-757 (Hebrew)

*Yosef Da’at: Studies in Modern Jewish History in Honor of Yosef Salmon*, ed. Yossi Goldstein (Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2010)

Yosef Salmon, “More on the History of the National Library 1872-1920,” in Avriel Bar-Levav, Oded Israeli, Jonatan Meir, Avraham (Rami) Reiner, eds., The Way of the Book: A Tribute to Zeev Gries (Jerusalem: Carmel, 2021), 529-543 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “The Hatam Sofer and the Land of Israel,” in Yosef Salmon, Keeping Divine Law: Orthodoxy and Ultra-Orthodoxy (Jerusalem: Bialik, 2019), 115-133 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov (The Bnei Yissaschar) and His Struggle with The Haskalah,” in Yosef Salmon, Keeping Divine Law: Orthodoxy and Ultra-Orthodoxy (Jerusalem: Bialik, 2019), 81-114 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Introduction,” in Yosef Salmon, Keeping Divine Law: Orthodoxy and Ultra-Orthodoxy (Jerusalem: Bialik, 2019), 1-14 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “R. Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (Neziv) of Volozhin,” in Avigdor Shinan and Israel Jacob Yuval, eds., The Wisdom of the Sages – Biblical Commentary in Rabbinic Literature: Presented to Hananel Mack (Jerusalem: Carmel, 2019), 397-406 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “The Origins of the Shemittah Polemic,” Cathedra, no. 170 (December 2018): 63-80 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “The Corfu Citron Controversy,” in Eliezer E. Goldschmidt and Moshe Bar-Joseph, eds., The Etrog Citron: Tradition and Research (Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook, 2018), 315-367 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Rabbi Isaac Jacob Reines: Profile of a Religious Zionist Leader,” in Dov Schwartz, ed., Religious Zionism: History, Thought, Society (Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2018), 9-32 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Man of War: Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Leib Diskin (Maharil Diskin),” in Benjamin Brown and Nissim Leon, eds., The Gedolim: Leaders Who Shaped the Israeli Haredi Jewry (Jerusalem: Magnes, 2017), 295-318 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Rabbi Joshua Joseph Preil: An Orthodox Preacher,” in Immanuel Etkes, David Assaf, and Yosef Kaplan, eds., Avnei Derekh: Essays in Jewish History Dedicated to Zvi (Kuti) Yekutiel (Jerusalem: Shazar, 2016), 239-248 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Akiva Yosef Schlesinger: A Forerunner of Zionism or a Forerunner of Ultra-Orthodoxy,” Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 15:2 (July 2016): 171-187

Yosef Salmon, “The Precursors of Ultra-Orthodoxy in Galicia and Hungary: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Torem of Rymanów and his Disciples,” Modern Judaism 36:2 (May 2016): 115-143

Yosef Salmon, “Rabbi Joshua Joseph Preil: Protesting at the Gate,” Modern Judaism 35:1 (February 2015): 66-82

Yosef Salmon, “Nationalism and Religion: The Nationalist Philosophy of Uriel Tal,” in Yossi Goldstein, ed., Religion Nationalism: The Struggle for Modern Jewish Identity, vol. 1 (Ariel: Ariel University, 2014), 220-223 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Messianism and Redemption in the Teaching of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer,” in Asaf Yedidya, ed., Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and the Awakening to Zion (Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 2014), 150-164 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “The Work of Yoel Moshe Salomon: A Public Figure and Entrepreneur,” in Israel Bartal and Shimon Shamir, eds., The Salomon: Three Generations of Pioneers and Leaders (Jerusalem: Shazar, 2014), 59-74 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Christians and Christianity in Halachic Literature from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century,” Modern Judaism 33:2 (May 2013): 125-147

Yosef Salmon, “Christians and Christianity in Halachic Literature from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century,” Report of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (2012-2013): 124-132

Yosef Salmon, “Eliyahu Akiva Rabinovich: Spokesman of Russian Jewish Orthodoxy,” in Benjamin Brown, et al., eds., Religion and Politics in Jewish Thought: Essays in Honor of Aviezer Ravitzky, vol. 2 (Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute, 2012), 721-757 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Democratic Expressions in Nationalist and Settlement Organizations during the First and Second Aliyot (1876-1914): Comparative Dimensions,” in In the Democratic Way: On the Historical Sources of the Israeli Democracy (Beer Sheva: BGU, 2012), 282-302 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review: ‘…So the Holy Land will Not Be Abandoned to Foreigners,” Cathedra, no. 130 (December 2009): 165-171 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Between Orthodoxy and Zionism, Religious Zionism and Its Opposition (Germany 1896—1914)’, by Yakov Zur,” Zion 69:3 (2004): 377-380 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Society in a Crisis of Legitimization: The Ashkenazi Old Yishuv, 1900–1917’, by Menachem Friedman,” Zion 68:4 (2003): 523-527 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Bar-Ilan: University, Between Religion and Politics’, by Menachem Klein,” Megamot 39:4 (May 1999): 590-597 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Historiography and Nationalism’, by Jacob Barnai,” Iyyunim be-Tekumat Yisrael, vol. 7 (1997): 632-641 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘The Messianic Idea and the Jewish State’, by Aviezer Ravitzky,” Jewish Studies, no. 34 (1994): 125-136 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘From Militant to Conservative Maskil’, by S.J. Fueun, ed. Shmuel Feiner,” Zion 59:2-3 (1994): 415-420 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Ein Wort der Mahnung an Israel’, by M.P.E. Wechsler,” Zion 57:3 (1992): 358-359 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Zionism and History’, by Shmuel Almog,” Polin, no. 6 (1991): 288-294

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Religion and Nationalism in the Early Zionist Movement, (1882-1904)’, by Ehud Luz,” Zemanim, no. 30-31 (Summer 1989): 185-187 (Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Parallel Lines Meet’, by Ehud Luz,” Studies in Contemporary Jewry, no. 4 (1988): 374-378

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Carta’s Atlas of the Jewish People in Modern Times’, ed. Evyatar Freisel,” Studies in Contemporary Jewry, no. 4 (1988): 331-338

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, 1794-1881’, by Steven J. Zipperstein,” Polin, no. 2 (1988): 420-423

Yosef Salmon, “Review of ‘Continuity and Change: Old Yishuv and New Yishuv During the First and Second Aliyah’, by Yehoshua Kaniel,” Studies in Contemporary Jewry, no. 1 (1984): 474-478

Yosef Salmon, *Keeping Divine Law: Orthodoxy and Ultra-Orthodoxy* (Jerusalem: Bialik, 2019)

Yosef Salmon, *Do Not Provoke Providence: Orthodoxy in the Grip of Nationalism* (Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2014)

*Orthodox Judaism: New Perspectives*, eds. Yosef Salmon, Aviezer Ravitzky, and Adam S. Ferziger (Jerusalem: Magnes, 2006)

Yosef Salmon, *Do Not Provoke Providence: Orthodoxy in the Grip of Nationalism* (Jerusalem: Shazar, 2006; Hebrew)

Yosef Salmon, *Religion and Zionism: First Encounters* (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2002)

A.Y. Slucki, *Shivat Zion*, ed. Yosef Salmon (Jerusalem: Dinur Center, 1998; Hebrew)

*Jewish Nationalism and Politics: New Perspectives*, eds. Jehuda Reinharz, Gideon Shimoni, and Yosef Salmon (Jerusalem: Shazar, 1996)

Yosef Salmon, *Religion and Zionism: First Encounters* (Jerusalem: The Zionist Library, 1990; Hebrew)

*Studies in Historiography: Collected Essays*, eds. Yosef Salmon, Menahem Stern, and Moshe Zimmermann (Jerusalem: Shazar, 1987; Hebrew)

*Eshel Be’er Sheva, vol. 3: Essays in Jewish Studies in Memory of Professor Nehemiah Allony*, eds. Gerald J. Blidstein, Yosef Salmon, and Eli Yassif (Be’er Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 1986)

*Eshel Be’er Sheva, vol. 2*, eds. Gerald J. Blidstein, Robert Bonfil, and Yosef Salmon (Be’er Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 1980)

*Studies in the History of Jewish History in the Middle Ages and in the Modern Period: Presented to Professor Jacob Katz on his Seventy-Fifth Birthday by his Students and Friends*, eds. Immanuel Etkes and Yosef Salmon (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1980)

*Eshel Be’er Sheva, vol. 1*, eds. Gerald J. Blidstein, Robert Bonfil, and Yosef Salmon (Be’er Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 1976)

*Hapoel Hamizrahi in Eretz Yisrael (1920-1928)*, ed. Yosef Salmon (Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1968)