A 100 years after the Zionist congress decided to establish the university in Jerusalem (Vienna, 1913), this volume, the 4th in the series, is being published.
The first three volumes were dedicated to the roots of the idea to
establish a cultural and spiritual infrastructure of a national entity in the
state of Israel and the founding of the university and it's progress during the
steps towards an Israeli state.
The first chapter in the history of this establishment ended when it was
brought down from Mt. Scopus in 1948.
The first volume of this series revealed to the reader the complexity of
establishing this university through detailed and in-depth studies that dealt
with the scientific, organizational and political aspects of the process.
Only a small part of these studies were dedicated to the people behind the
process.
This volume lays before us the biographies of the first founders and professors
of this university to make their mark on the establishment and development of
the university during the mandate years.
There are three parts to the book. The first part tells about the founders and
designers of this institution and includes the people of action who accompanied
it's setting up and enabled it's functioning. The second part is dedicated to
the theoretical sciences: Humanities, Jewish Studies and the first researchers
in the law and society fields.
The third part brings us the biographies of the teachers and researches in the
Mathematics and Experimental sciences fields.
This book is dedicated to the people who arrived in Jerusalem under
different circumstances from around the world.
Thanks to their cooperation on Mt. Scopus, they enabled the fulfillment of an
idea, first conceived in the second half of the 19th century, and
turned into a successful reality during the settlement period.