Victor Tcherikover

Russian-Israeli scholar
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Victor Tcherikover
Born(1894-09-15)September 15, 1894
Saint Petersberg, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 16, 1958(1958-01-16) (aged 63)
Jerusalem, Israel
Burial placeHar HaMenuchot
NationalityIsraeli
EmployerHebrew University of Jerusalem
Academic background
EducationMoscow State University
Humboldt University of Berlin

Victor A. Tcherikover (Hebrew: אביגדור צ'ריקובר‎; 1894–1958) was a Russian-born Israeli scholar.

Biography

Born in Russia, he settled in Palestine in 1925. He was one of the first teachers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and headed the departments of general history and classical studies. He specialized in Jewish history in Palestine and Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period.[1][2]

Publications

  • Ha-Yehudim veha-Yevanim ba-tekufah ha-Helenistit. 1930.
  • Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews. 1959.
  • Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum Vol.1, 2 with Alexander Fuks 1957-1960 - Tcherikover was succeeded for the 3rd volume (1963) by Menahem Stern.

References

  1. ^ Collins, John J.; Harlow, Daniel C. (November 11, 2010). The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-802-82549-0.
  2. ^ Tcherikover, Victor (1975). Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews. New York: Atheneum.
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