Amnon Cohen (historian)
Amnon Cohen | |
|---|---|
אמנון כהן | |
 Cohen in 2008 | |
| Born | 1936[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
Sub-discipline | Middle Eastern studies |
Amnon Cohen (Hebrew: אמנון כהן) is an Israeli historian specializing in Middle Eastern studies.[2][3]
Career
He taught at the University of Haifa until 2005.[4]
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé described his work as having challenged the idea that Palestine had become a barren desert by 1800.[5]
Awards
In 2023, he was awarded an honorary commendation by the Turkish Academy of Sciences, the first Israeli professor to do so.[3][2] He was awarded the Israel Prize in 2007.[4]
Selected publications
- Cohen, Amnon (1973). Palestine in the 18th Century: Patterns of Government and Administration. Magnes Press, Hebrew University.
- Cohen, Amnon (22 August 2002). Economic Life in Ottoman Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52435-3.
- Cohen, Amnon (1994). A World Within: Jewish Life as Reflected in Muslim Court Documents from the Sijill of Jerusalem. University of Pennsylvania, Center for Judaic Studies. ISBN 978-0-8122-1533-5.
- Cohen, Amnon (20 December 2000). The Guilds of Ottoman Jerusalem. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-474-0064-6.
- Lewis, Bernard; Cohen, Amnon (8 March 2015). Population and Revenue in the Towns of Palestine in the Sixteenth Century. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-6779-0.
- Cohen, Amnon (2011). Studies on Ottoman Palestine. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-2319-5.
References
- ↑ "Amnon Cohen". Persée.
- 1 2 Eichner, Itamar (3 January 2023). "Israeli professor honored by Turkey's Erdogan". Ynetglobal. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- 1 2 Sabah, Daily (28 December 2022). "TÜBITAK, TÜBA awards honor Turkish, foreign scientists". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- 1 2 Ginio, Eyal; Podeh, Elie (21 November 2013). The Ottoman Middle East: Studies in Honor of Amnon Cohen. BRILL. pp. 1–7. ISBN 978-90-04-26296-6. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- ↑ Pappe, Ilan (17 September 2024). Ten Myths About Israel. Verso Books. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-80429-704-9. Retrieved 5 July 2026.