Victor Tcherikover (1894-1959), scholar

Victor Tcherikover (1894-1958) was a Russian-born Israeli scholar.

Biography

Born in Russia, settled in Palestine in 1925. One of the first teachers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, headed Departments of general history and classical studies. Specialized in Jewish history in Palestine and Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Ha-Yehudim veha-Yevanim ba-tekufah ha-Helenistit (1930 Tcherikover), book
  • Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews (1959 Tcherikover / Applebaum), book (English ed.)

• Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum (1957-1963 Tcherikover & Fuks), book

Select Bibliography (articles)

• Tcherikover, Victor (Avigdor) / John J. Collins / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary, 1281