Birth Name:

Benjamin Mazar

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Jun 28, 1906

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Gmina Ciechanowiec, Podlasie, Poland

Age:

117

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

5°

Can

48'

About Benjamin Mazar

Benjamin Mazar (Hebrew: בנימין מזר‎; born Binyamin Zeev Maisler, June 28, 1906 – September 9, 1995) was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the "dean" of biblical archaeologists. He shared the national passion for the archaeology of Israel that also attracts considerable international interest due to the region's biblical links. He is known for his excavations at the most significant biblical site in Israel: south and south west of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. In 1932 he conducted the first archaeological excavation under Jewish auspices in Israel at Beit She'arim (the largest catacombs ever found in Israel) and in 1948 was the first archaeologist to receive a permit granted by the new State of Israel (Tell Qasile, 1948). Mazar was trained as an Assyriologist and was an expert on biblical history, authoring more than 100 publications on the subject. He developed the field of historical geography of Israel. For decades he served as the chairman of the Israel Exploration Society and of the Archaeological Council of Israel (which he founded as the authority responsible for all archaeological excavations and surveys in Israel). Between 1951 and 1977, Mazar served as Professor of Biblical History and Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1952 he became Rector of the University and later its president for eight years commencing in 1953.

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Categories related to Benjamin Mazar: Israeli Jews, Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty, June 28 births, 1995 deaths, 20th-century archaeologists, Israeli historians, Presidents of universities in Israel, Members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Polish emigrants to Israel, 1906 births, Israeli archaeologists, Israel Prize in Jewish studies recipients who were archaeologists, People from Ciechanowiec, Biblical archaeologists

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