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'''Shemaryahu Talmon''' (1920-2010) was | '''Shemaryahu Talmon''' (''Shemaryahu Zelmanowicz''; 1920-2010) was a Polish-born Israeli scholar. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Shemaryahu Talmon was born in Poland. He studied at the Jüdisches Reform-Real Gymnasium in Breslau, Germany. In 1939, after a three-month internment in Buchenwald concentration camp, he emigrated to Palestine. He received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1956. He was J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and chief editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project. In 1997, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Biblical studies. A member of the [[Enoch Seminar]], he attended its meetings in Venice (2003) and Camaldoli (2007). | Shemaryahu Talmon was born in Skierniewice, Poland in 1920. He studied at the Jüdisches Reform-Real Gymnasium in Breslau, Germany. In 1939, after a three-month internment in Buchenwald concentration camp, he emigrated to Palestine. He received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1956. He was J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and chief editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project. In 1997, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Biblical studies. A member of the [[Enoch Seminar]], he attended its meetings in Venice (2003) and Camaldoli (2007). | ||
==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
*[[King, Cult, and Calendar in Ancient Israel | *[[King, Cult, and Calendar in Ancient Israel (1986 Talmon), book]] | ||
*[[The World of Qumran from Within | |||
*[[The World of Qumran from Within (1989 Talmon), book]] | |||
====Edited volumes==== | ====Edited volumes==== | ||
*[[Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text (1975 Cross/Talmon), edited volume]] | *[[Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text (1975 Cross/Talmon), edited volume]] | ||
*[[Jewish Civilization in the Hellenistic-Roman Period (1991 Talmon), edited volume]] | *[[Jewish Civilization in the Hellenistic-Roman Period (1991 Talmon), edited volume]] | ||
Revision as of 09:43, 15 December 2010
Shemaryahu Talmon (Shemaryahu Zelmanowicz; 1920-2010) was a Polish-born Israeli scholar.
Biography
Shemaryahu Talmon was born in Skierniewice, Poland in 1920. He studied at the Jüdisches Reform-Real Gymnasium in Breslau, Germany. In 1939, after a three-month internment in Buchenwald concentration camp, he emigrated to Palestine. He received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1956. He was J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and chief editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project. In 1997, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Biblical studies. A member of the Enoch Seminar, he attended its meetings in Venice (2003) and Camaldoli (2007).