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Biran, Avraham

LC control no.n 84005410
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Personal name headingBiran, Avraham
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Variant(s)Biran, A. (Avraham)
Bergman, Avraham
Bergman, Abraham
בירן, אברהם
Other standard no.0000000066553848
Birth date1909-10-23
Death date2008-09-16
Place of birthPetaḥ Tiḳṿah (Israel)
Place of deathJerusalem
Field of activityBible--Antiquities Israel--Antiquities
AffiliationHebrew Union College/Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology
Profession or occupationArchaeologists
Special noteMachine-derived non-Latin script reference project.
Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inTemples and high places in biblical times, c1981: t.p. verso (Avraham Biran)
Sefer Rut ʻAmiran, 1990: t.p. (Avraham Biran) added t.p. (A. Biran [in rom.])
The Israelite tribe of half-Manasseh, 1936: title page (Abraham Bergman)
Celebrating Avraham, 1999: CIP t.p. (Avraham Biran) galley (director of Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem; will be 90 years old on Oct. 23, 1999)
New York times WWW site, Oct. 8, 2008 (in obituary published Oct. 6: Avraham Biran; b. Avraham Bergman, Palestine; d. Sept. 16, Jerusalem, aged 98; archaeologist of biblical sites who excavated Tel Dan, an ancient city along Israel's northern border, and uncovered an unexpected stone fragment bearing what might be the earliest reference to the House of David)
English Wikipedia, viewed December 18, 2023 (Avraham Biran ; born Avraham Bergman, 23 October 1909 in Petah Tikva, died 16 September 2008 ; was an Israeli archaeologist ; headed the Institute of Archaeology at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem)
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