Nahman Avigad

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Nahman Avigad, 1950

Nahman Avigad (actually Reiss ; born September 25, 1905 in Zwalow , Galicia , Austria-Hungary , † January 28, 1992 in Jerusalem ) was an Israeli archaeologist and epigraphist .

Life

Nahman Avigad studied architecture in Brno . In 1926 he emigrated to the British mandate of Palestine . In 1928 he married Shulamit Levin. He took part in the excavations of synagogues under Elieser Sukenik in Beth Alpha and Hammat-Gader.

In 1952 he received his doctorate with his dissertation on the graves of the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem. For this work he received the Bialik Prize in 1954 . From 1949 until his retirement in 1974 he taught at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

In 1953 he directed the excavations in Bet She'arim . He also took part in the excavations in Massada and Qumran and edited one of the Qumran scrolls .

In 1969 Avigad was asked to begin excavations in the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City. Among the finds was one of the earliest images of the menorah as it stood in the Jerusalem temple. Generously proportioned mansions of the upper class of the Herodian period ( Herodian quarter , house of the Qathros family ), remains of the Nea church and a 21 m wide street from the fifth century that connected the Church of the Holy Sepulcher with the Nea Church were also uncovered . To this day it remains controversial whether the wall that was also found is identical to the wall that is mentioned in the book of Nehemiah as the "wide wall". It extends over 24 m, has a thickness of 7 m and is founded on the rock of the Temple Mount.

The highest honor Avigad received in 1977 was the Israel Prize in the first-time Israeli culture category .

Works

Web links

Commons : Nahman Avigad  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/14/world/nahman-avigad-an-archeologist-and-biblical-scholar-dies-at-86.html?pagewanted=1
  2. ↑ Nahman Avigad and Yigael Yadin : A Genesis Apocryphon: A Scroll from the Wilderness of Judaea. Jerusalem: Magnes Press and Heikhal ha-Sefer 1956.
personal data
SURNAME Avigad, Nahman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reiss, Nahman (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli archaeologist and epigraphist
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwalow , Galicia
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1992
Place of death Jerusalem