Yigael Yadin (1917–1984)
Author of Masada
About the Author
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Hebrew: יגאל ידין, born Yigal Sukenik (Hebrew: יגאל סוקניק)
Works by Yigael Yadin
Bar-Kokhba : The rediscovery of the legendary hero of the last Jewish revolt against imperial Rome (1702) 210 copies
Hazor III-IV : an account of the third and fourth seasons of excavation, 1957-1958 (plates) (1961) 6 copies
The Documents from the Bar Kokhba period in the Cave of Letters : Hebrew, Aramaic, and Nabatean-Aramaic Papyri (2002) 4 copies
מצדה : בימים ההם - בזמן הזה 3 copies
The Ben Sira Scroll From Masada With Introduction, Emendations and Commentary (Signed By Yigael Yadin) (1965) 2 copies
Tefillin from Qumran (XQ Phyl 1-4) 2 copies
Los rollos del mar muerto 2 copies
ERETZ-ISRAEL. ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES. (VOLUME FIVE) DEDICATED TO PROFESSOR BENJAMIN MAZAR… (1958) 1 copy
Masada Revisited 1 copy
חצור 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Sukenik, Yigael
- Other names
- Jadin, Jigael
- Birthdate
- 1917-03-20
- Date of death
- 1984-06-28
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
British Mandate of Palestine (1920-1948)
Israel - Country (for map)
- Israel
- Birthplace
- Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
- Education
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA ∙ History and Archaeology ∙ 1945)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Ph.D. ∙ History and Archaeology ∙ 1955) - Occupations
- officer (Israeli Army)
archaeologist
politician - Relationships
- Sukenik, Eleazar Lipa (father)
- Organizations
- Israel Defense Forces
Dead Sea Scrolls Editorial Team
Democratic Movement for Change (DASH) - Short biography
- Yigael Yadin was a soldier in the Israeli army who rose to become Chief of Staff. He left the military at age 35 and devoted himself to archeology. He excavated some of the most important sites in the region, including Masada, the Qumran Caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden, Hazor, Tel Megiddo, and Tel Gezer.
- Disambiguation notice
- Hebrew: יגאל ידין, born Yigal Sukenik (Hebrew: יגאל סוקניק)
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