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''' Nahman Avigad''' (1905-1992) was an Israeli scholar.
''' Nahman Avigad''' (1905-1992) was an Israeli scholar and archaeologist. Born in Zwalow, Galicia, Avigad settled in Israel in 1925. He 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 1956 he published with [[Yigael Yadin]] the editio princeps of the [[Genesis Apocryphon]]. 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==
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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.
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahman_Avigad Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahman_Avigad Wikipedia]


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Latest revision as of 17:40, 24 December 2019

Nahman Avigad (1905-1992) was an Israeli scholar and archaeologist. Born in Zwalow, Galicia, Avigad settled in Israel in 1925. He 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 1956 he published with Yigael Yadin the editio princeps of the Genesis Apocryphon. 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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