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''' Eliezer Lipa Sukenik''' (1889-1953) was an Israeli scholar and archaeologist. Born in Bialystok, Poland, he studied at the University of Berlin, Germany and at Dropsie College, Philadelphia, PA. In 1911 he arrived in Israel and settled there. Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the father of [[Yigael Yadin]], Sukenik played a central role in the early stages of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the establishment of the Essene Hypothesis. It was him who in Nov-Dec 1947 purchased from the Bedouin three of the first major manuscripts found in Cave 1, that is, the Thanksgiving Hymns, the War Scroll, and the second Isaiah Scroll. | ''' Eliezer Lipa Sukenik''' (1889-1953) was an Israeli scholar and archaeologist. Born in Bialystok, Poland, he studied at the University of Berlin, Germany and at Dropsie College, Philadelphia, PA. In 1911 he arrived in Israel and settled there. Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the father of [[Yigael Yadin]], Sukenik played a central role in the early stages of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the establishment of the Essene Hypothesis. It was him who in Nov-Dec 1947 purchased from the Bedouin three of the first major manuscripts found in Cave 1, that is, the Thanksgiving Hymns, the War Scroll, and the second Isaiah Scroll. | ||
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*[[מגילות גנוזות (The Dead Sea Scrolls / 1948 Sukenik), book]] | *[[מגילות גנוזות (The Dead Sea Scrolls / 1948 Sukenik), book]] | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_Sukenik Wikipedia.en] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_Sukenik Wikipedia.en] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:14, 21 May 2017
Eliezer Lipa Sukenik (1889-1953) was an Israeli scholar and archaeologist. Born in Bialystok, Poland, he studied at the University of Berlin, Germany and at Dropsie College, Philadelphia, PA. In 1911 he arrived in Israel and settled there. Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the father of Yigael Yadin, Sukenik played a central role in the early stages of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the establishment of the Essene Hypothesis. It was him who in Nov-Dec 1947 purchased from the Bedouin three of the first major manuscripts found in Cave 1, that is, the Thanksgiving Hymns, the War Scroll, and the second Isaiah Scroll.