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Nelson Glueck: Biblical Archaeologist And President of the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion
Brown, Jonathan M., Kutler, Laurence
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Hardcover. Traces the life of Nelson Glueck, who played a central role in shaping the American Reform Jewry in the third quarter of the twentieth century and, with his mentor William Albright, was a trailblazer in biblical archaeology. This biography presents the achievements and adventures of a man whose life straddled two distinct Jewish worlds. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HDDH; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Nelson Glueck was born in 1900 to a struggling immigrant Jewish family in Cincinnati. By 1950, he had excavated remains of the civilization of the ancient Nabataeans in Transjordan, described a biblical copper-mining industry at the shore of the Red Sea, and shown how the Negev could support a large population if proper irrigation techniques were used. A personal friend of David Ben-Gurion, Abba Eban, Golda Meir, Henrietta Szold, and Judah Magnes, among other notables worldwide, this pioneer in the burgeoning field of biblical archaeology was known affectionately in the nascent state of Israel as "Ha-Professor" (the Professor). By 1950, ... Read more
Nelson Glueck was born in 1900 to a struggling immigrant Jewish family in Cincinnati. By 1950, he had excavated remains of the civilization of the ancient Nabataeans in Transjordan, described a biblical copper-mining industry at the shore of the Red Sea, and shown how the Negev could support a large population if proper irrigation techniques were used. A personal friend of David Ben-Gurion, Abba Eban, Golda Meir, Henrietta Szold, and Judah Magnes, among other notables worldwide, this pioneer in the burgeoning field of biblical archaeology was known affectionately in the nascent state of Israel as "Ha-Professor" (the Professor). By 1950, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780878201198
SKU
V9780878201198
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