11 Facts About David Asheri

David Asheri, born David Bonaventura, was an Italian-Israeli historian.

David Asheri is perhaps best known for his many contributions to the scholarship of Herodotus.

David Asheri was born in Florence into a prosperous Jewish family.

David Asheri's father, Enzo Bonaventura, was a prominent psychologist and intellectual with Zionist sympathies.

In 1949 he changed his surname to David Asheri, later adopted by his brothers, and forsaking his Italian surname as was normal.

In 1952 David Asheri enrolled at the Hebrew University, studying history and Greek philosophy.

David Asheri became a professor of Greek and Roman history and, like his father, obtained a permanent position at the Hebrew University, becoming a full professor in 1978.

In 1991 David Asheri was nominated a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

David Asheri was a visiting lecturer at the University of San Marino and at the University of Florence in the Faculty of Letters, chaired by Guido Clemente.

David Asheri was a friend of fellow Italian scholars such as Arnaldo Momigliano, who greatly inspired him, and the Roman history scholar Emilio Gabba.

In 2007 Greeks Between East and West: Essays in Greek Literature and History in Memory of David Asheri was published by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.