Eleazar Sukenik

Archaeologist, Academic

1889 – 1953

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Who was Eleazar Sukenik?

Eleazar Lipa Sukenik was an Israeli archaeologist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Having arrived in Palestine in 1911 he worked as a school teacher and tour guide. He participated in the "War of the Languages" that erupted among Zionist activists in Palestine in 1913.

He served in the British army in World War I in the 40th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers which became known as the Jewish Legion.

In addition to his important excavations in Jerusalem he played a central role in the establishment of the Department of Archaeology of the Hebrew University. He recognized the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls to Israel and worked for the Israeli state to buy them. In 1948, he published an article tentatively linking the scrolls and their content to a community of Essenes, which became the standard interpretation of the origin of the scrolls, a theory that is still probably the consensus among scholars, but has also been widely questioned.

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Born
Aug 12, 1889
Białystok
Also known as
  • Eleazar Lipa Sukenik
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Religion
  • Atheism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Israel
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Died
Feb 28, 1953
Jerusalem

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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