Shemaryahu Talmon (1920-2010), scholar

Shemaryahu Talmon is an Isrtaeli scholar, emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Biography

Born in 1920. PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor of Bible Studies.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• King, Cult, and Calendar in Ancient Israel: Collected Studies (Jerusalem 1986)
• The World of Qumran from Within: Collected Essays (Jerusalem/Leiden 1989)

Edited volumes

• Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text (1975 Cross/Talmon), edited volume
• Jewish Civilization in the Hellenistic-Roman Period (1991 Talmon), edited volume