Joseph Dan

Joseph Dan
יוסף דן
Born	1935 (1935) Budapest, Hungary
Died	23 July 2022(2022-07-23) (aged 86–87)
Nationality	Israel
Awards	Israel Prize (1997)
Academic background
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Academic work
Discipline	Jewish mysticism
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Notable works	Kabbalah: Oxford Very Short Introduction

Joseph Dan (Hebrew: יוסף דן, 1935 – 23 July 2022)^[1] was an Israeli scholar of Jewish mysticism. He taught for over 40 years in the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was the first incumbent of the Gershom Scholem Chair in Jewish Mysticism at The Hebrew University.