Yizhar Hirschfeld (1950-2006), scholar

Yizhar Hirschfeld (1950-2006) was an Israeli scholar.

Biography

Professor Hirschfeld was born at Kibbutz Beth Keshet in Israel in 1950. He was an associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and director of excavations at a number of sites around Israel, including Ramat Hanadiv, Tiberias, and Khirbet ed-Deir.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Bet ha-megurim ha-Erets-Yisreeli (1986 Hirschfeld), book
  • The Palestinian Dwelling in the Roman-Byzantine Period (1995 Hirschfeld), book (English ed.)
• Ramat Hanadiv Excavations (2000 Hirschfeld), book
• Qumran in Context: Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence (2004 Hirschfeld), book

External links

• Wikipedia