Irene Eber (; 1929 in Halle – April 2019; née Geminder) was an Israeli sinologist. She was the Louis Frieberg Professor of

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(emeritus) at the

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sinologist Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is a subfield of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on China. It is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of the Chinese civilizatio ...

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

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. A specialist on the Bible in China, working sometimes with Jost Zetzsche, Marián Gálik, and Nicolas Standaert. She was also a specialist in translations from Chinese.

Works

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

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, 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. * ''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 Zeilsheim.) * ''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 Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israeli sinologists Israeli people of German-Jewish descent People from Halle (Saale) People from the Province of Saxony