Robert Eisenman

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Robert Eisenman

Robert H. Eisenman (* 1937 ) is an American archaeologist . He is Professor of Middle Eastern Religion and Archeology and Director of the Institute for the Study of Early Judeo - Christian and Islamic History at California State University, Long Beach . He is also a visiting senior member of Linacre College at the University of Oxford and is considered a Qumran specialist.

education

Eisenman graduated from Cornell University and earned a BA in philosophy and engineering physics in 1958. He earned an MA degree from New York University in 1966 , this time focusing on Middle Eastern studies. He then received his doctorate in 1971 from Columbia University on Middle Eastern languages ​​and culture.

Act

He was instrumental in making the Dead Sea Scrolls publicly available and was one of the leading figures among the group of proponents of an opening between 1987 and 1992. Among other things, he was co-editor of a facsimile edition (1989) and also translated the texts. He also advised the Huntington's Disease Library in California , where he was instrumental in the decision to open the archives.

Eisenman was a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities at the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in Jerusalem and was a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Center for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies.

Publications (selection)

  • James the Just in the Habakkuk Pesher. Brill, Leiden 1986, ISBN 90-04-07587-9 ( Studia Post-Biblica. Volume 35).
  • with Michael O. Wise : The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered. 1992, ISBN 1852303689 .
    • Jesus and the early Christians. The Qumran scrolls deciphered. C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-570-02214-5 .
  • James the Brother of Jesus. The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls . New York 1997, ISBN 1842930265 .
    • James, the brother of Jesus. The key to the mystery of early Christianity and the Qumran scrolls. C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-570-00071-0 .
  • The New Testament Code. The Cup of the Lord, the Damascus Covenant, and the Blood of Christ. 2006, ISBN 1842931865 .

Web links

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  • ROBERT EISENMAN at California State University, Long Beach (Last updated: December 2008)
    • Title / functions there: Professor of Middle East Religions and Archeology
    • Director of the Institute for the Study of Judeo-Christian Origins
  • Own website

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Year of birth according to English Wikipedia (but also accessible after 1st degree), Degrees according to own website
personal data
SURNAME Eisenman, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eisenman, Robert H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American archaeologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1937