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''' Nahman Avigad''' (1905-1992) was an Israeli scholar.
''' Nahman Avigad''' (1905-1992) was an Israeli scholar and archaeologist. Born in 1905 in Zawalow, Galicia, Avigad earned his PhD in 1952, with a dissertation on the tombs of the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem. He taught at Hebrew University from 1949 and until his retirement in 1974. In 1954, Avigad was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought. In 1977, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Land of Israel studies. In 1984, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award from the city of Jerusalem.


==Biography==
==Works ==
Nahman Avigad was born in 1905 in Zawalow, Galicia. He was a scholar and an archaeologist. Avigad earned his PhD in 1952, with a dissertation was on the tombs of the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem. He taught at Hebrew University from 1949 and until his retirement in 1974. In 1954, Avigad was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought. In 1977, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Land of Israel studies. In 1984, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award from the city of Jerusalem.
 
==Works on Second Temple Judaism==


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*[[The Herodian Quarter of Jerusalem (1989 Avigad), book]]
*[[The Herodian Quarter of Jerusalem (1989 Avigad), book]]


==External links==
==Biography==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahman_Avigad Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahman_Avigad Wikipedia]


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[[Category:Qumran Scholars|1905 Avigad]]
[[Category:Qumran Studies|Avigad]]
[[Category:Qumran Scholars--Israel|1905 Avigad]]
[[Category:Qumran Studies--1950s|~Avigad]]
[[Category:Qumran Studies--Israel|~Avigad]]


[[Category:Archaeologists|1905 Avigad]]
[[Category:Archaeologists|1905 Avigad]]

Revision as of 01:20, 2 July 2014

Nahman Avigad (1905-1992) was an Israeli scholar and archaeologist. Born in 1905 in Zawalow, Galicia, Avigad earned his PhD in 1952, with a dissertation on the tombs of the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem. He taught at Hebrew University from 1949 and until his retirement in 1974. In 1954, Avigad was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought. In 1977, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Land of Israel studies. In 1984, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award from the city of Jerusalem.

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