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Shemaryahu Talmon
1920–2010
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- lecturer
Shemaryahu Talmon (Hebrew: ש×ר××× ×××××; born Zam Zelmanowicz; 1920 in Skierniewice, Poland â December 15, 2010) was J.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Buchenwald concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Shemaryahu Talmon (Hebrew: ש×ר××× ×××××; born Zam Zelmanowicz; 1920 in Skierniewice, Poland â December 15, 2010) was J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, known particularly for his work in the Hebrew University Bible Project. A Holocaust survivor from Buchenwald concentration camp, Talmon immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and became a prominent biblical scholar, contributing significantly to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible. He was a leader in interfaith dialogue and served as rector of the University of Haifa. In 1997, Talmon was awarded the Israel Prize for Biblical studies.
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