Yizhar Hirschfeld (1950-2006), scholar
Yizhar Hirschfeld (1950-2006) was an Israeli scholar.
Biography
Professor Hirschfeld was born at Kibbutz Beth Keshet in Israel in 1950. He was an associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and director of excavations at a number of sites around Israel, including Ramat Hanadiv, Tiberias, and Khirbet ed-Deir.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Bet ha-megurim ha-Erets-Yisreeli (1986 Hirschfeld), book
- Ramat Hanadiv Excavations (2000 Hirschfeld), book
- Qumran in Context: Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence (2004 Hirschfeld), book