Georges Nagel
Georges Nagel (born November 22, 1899 in Les Verrières , † November 25, 1956 in Geneva ) was a Swiss Egyptologist and theologian .
Life
Georges Nagel studied theology and Egyptology in Neuchâtel (1924 Lic. Theol., 1929 Dr. theol. ). He also studied in Berlin and Paris . From 1927 to 1930 and from 1938 to 1939 he participated in excavations in Deir el-Medina as an employee of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale in Cairo . From 1931 to 1937 he was pastor in La Chaux-du-Milieu . From 1937 he taught as a professor of Hebrew and the Old Testament at the University of Geneva , where he also gave courses in Egyptology from 1944.
His main research interests were New Kingdom ceramics and the Egyptian religion and its relationship to the Old Testament .
Fonts (selection)
- La céramique du nouvel empire à Deir el Médineh . Cairo 1938, OCLC 462439513 .
- Révolte et réforme a jérusalem (169–166 avant Jésus-Christ) . Geneva 1942, OCLC 31346481 .
- Le linceul de Thoutmès III. Caire, Cat. No. 40.001. (Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte) . Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1949.
- Marques de carrière dans le temple funéraire de Pépi II. (Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte) . Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1950.
Web links
- Andreas Bigger: Georges Nagel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 4, 2009 , accessed April 5, 2020 .
literature
- Jaques Courvoisier : In memoriam. Georges Nagel 1899–1956. In: Revue de théologie et de philosophie . Volume 7, 1957, p. 65 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Paul Humbert, Bernard Bruyère: Homage to Georges Nagel. In: Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Archéologie Orientale. Number 58, 1958, pp. 149-158 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagel, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Les Verrières |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1956 |
| Place of death | Geneva |