Jacob Talmon

Jacob Leib Talmon (; 14 June 1916 – 16 June 1980) was a Polish-born Israeli historian and Professor of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Talmon died in Jerusalem on June 16, 1980, two days after his 64th birthday.

Awards In 1957, Talmon was awarded the Israel Prize for social sciences.

Major works vol. 2: 1960 The Nature of Jewish History-Its Universal Significance, 1957 Political Messianism – The Romantic Phase, 1960 The Unique and The Universal, 1965 Romanticism and Revolt, 1967 Israel among the Nations, 1968 The Age of Violence, 1974 The Myth of Nation and Vision of Revolution – The Origins of Ideological Polarization in the 20th Century, 1981 The Riddle of the Present and the Cunning of History, 2000 (Hebrew, p.m.)