- Shemaryahu Talmon
Shemaryahu Talmon ( born Shemaryahu Zalmonovitch, 1920, Skierniwice,
Poland ) was J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible at theHebrew University .He was educated at the Jüdisches Reform-Real Gymnasium in
Breslau ,Germany . He was interned for three months inBuchenwald concentration camp in 1939, but then managed to emigrate toPalestine .He obtained a PhD from the Hebrew University in 1946. His thesis was on the text and versions of the
Tanach , especially "double meanings" in Biblical texts. He has subsequently extended and refined his thesis, and has contributed to many areas of biblical study. He worked withMoshe Goshen-Gottstein andChaim Rabin on theHebrew University Bible Project , and since their deaths has chaired it. He has also done work in the area of sociology. His work has helped to advance the understanding of the biblical text, especially theDead Sea Scrolls . He combined his interest in the scrolls and sociology to study the nature and history of theQumran monastery.In inter-faith activities he has been a leader in international Jewish-Christian dialogue, working with the
World Council of Churches and theVatican . In the area of Biblical education, he was director for educational institutions in the Immigration Camps in Cyprus (1947–48). He has taught at the major Israeli universities and been a visiting professor at many institutions throughout the world. He was the dean atHaifa University and of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University and rector of the Institute of Judaic Studies at theUniversity of Heidelberg .His publications include "Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text" (1975), "King, Cult, and Calendar" (1986), "Gesellschaft und Literatur in der Hebräischen Bibel" (1988), "The World of Qumran from Within" (1989) and hundreds of articles in scholarly journals.
References
* Hoter, Elaine. "Talmon (Zalmonovitch), Shemaryahu."
Encyclopaedia Judaica 2nd ed vol 19.* "Sha'arei Talmon: Essays presented to Shemaryahu Talmon" ed. Michael Fishbane and
Emanuel Tov , Eisenbrauns, 1992, ISBN 0-931464-61-7.
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