Iosif D. Amusin (M / Russia, 1910-1984), scholar

Iosif Davidovich Amusin (1910-1984) was a Jewish-Russian scholar.

Biography

Hebraist, orientalist, historian, papyrologist, and specialist in Qumran Studies. The leading representative of the Russian school in ancient Near Eastern Studies during the Soviet period. Twice arrested and sentenced for Zionist connection (1928 and 1938), graduated in 1941 from the History Dept. of Leningrad University. After serving as medical officer in WW2, taught ancient history at Leningrad and Ulianovsk, frequently in trouble with the Communist authorities. Published numerous works on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Rukopisi Miortvogo moria (1960 Amusin), book (Moscow 1960; 2nd ed. 1961)
  • Manuscrisele de la Marea Moarta (1963 Amusin), book (Romanian ed.)
  • A holt-tengeri tekercsek és a qumráni közösség (1986 Amusin), book (Hungarian ed.)

• Nahodki u Miortvogo moria (1964 Amusin), book <Russian> / Discoveries by the Dead Sea (Moscow 1964; 2nd ed.: 1965)

• Teksty Kumrana (1971 Amusin), book <Russian> / Texts of Qumran (Moskva 1971)

• Kumranskaya obshchina (1983 Amusin), book <Russian> (Moscow 1983)

External links

• Wikipedia