"Change of Values in the Hebrew University" – Draft of an Article Handwritten by Joseph Klausner – Jerusalem, 1927

"Change of Values in the Hebrew University" – Draft of an Article Handwritten by Joseph Klausner – Jerusalem, 1927
"Change of Values in the Hebrew University", draft of an article (nine leaves) handwritten by Joseph Klausner. Dated at its end: "Jerusalem-Talpiyot, Sukkot eve 1927" (Hebrew).
Klausner's article, "Change of Values in the Hebrew University", deals with the decision of the Hebrew University board of governors to establish a Faculty of Humanities and integrate into it the Institute of Jewish Studies. In the article, Klausner reviews the historical separation that had been created over the years between Jewish studies and Humanities and writes that "since all the general subjects had to be studied outside the walls of the academies of Israel, these academies became a spiritual ghetto". About the integration of the Institute for Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Humanities, Klausner writes: "For the first time, after thousands of years the barrier between Judaism and humanity is being removed. Judaism has been taken out of its pigeon-hole and has entered into the large world of science, with the same privileges and obligations… No longer is Jewish learning restricted to a spiritual ghetto. Jewish knowledge will be pursued in a real university, not relegated to a separate academy".
The article was published in the weekly "HaOlam" (The World), issue 43, October 26, 1928.
Professor Joseph Klausner (1874-1958) was a historian, professor of literature and intellectual, one of the founders of the Hebrew University and the head of the department of Hebrew literature. He was awarded the Israel Prize in Jewish studies.
9 leaves (written on one side), approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases and several small tears.
Enclosed: English translation of the article (three typewritten leaves).