Leopold Zunz (
Hebrew/
Yiddish: יום טוב ליפמן צונץ—
Yom Tov Lipmann Tzuntz; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies (
Wissenschaft des Judentums), the
critical investigation of
Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual. Zunz's historical investigations and contemporary writings had an important influence on contemporary Judaism.