Baruch Lifshitz Explained

Baruch Lifshitz (Hebrew: ברוך ליפשיץ; 1913, Davyd-Haradok  - 1976, Tel Aviv) was a Belarusian professor of the Department of Classics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He participated in excavations in Israel, and his research has been published in different referenced works.^{[1] [2]}

Life

Lifshitz was born in 1913 at Davyd-Haradok in Byelorussia, where he received his early education.^[3] He studied at the Vilnius University, but had to abandon his studies and flee because of the outbreak of World War II.^[3] Lifshitz fled to Tashkent, where he was conscripted into the Red Army.^[3]

In 1946, he arrived in Palestine, and began studying history and classics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^[3] He earned his M.A in 1952, and his Ph.D. in 1957 at Jerusalem.^[4] His dissertation was entitled The Protection of Graves in Grave Inscriptions in Eretz-Israel, and while preparing his doctoral thesis, he studied Greek epigraphy in Paris with professor Louis Robert.^[3]

Lifshitz was senior lecturer in classics and later a professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} He began working at the Hebrew University in 1952 as a senior scholar. In 1957 he became an instructor, and in 1962 a lecturer.^[9]

During some twenty years of his life he published contributions to Jewish and Latin epigraphy, study of the Greek and Latin inscriptions of Palestines.^[3] He was the first to compile inscriptions of the synagogue's founders and donors in his work Donateurs et fondateurs dans les synagogues juives répertoire des dédicaces grecques relatives à la construction et à la réfection des synagogues.^[10] He has also worked as an editor and translator of ancient manuscripts.^[11] His papers have been published in more than 70 scholarly journals.^[3] Yigael Yadin has published some of his research in Israel Exploration Journal by the Israel Exploration Society.^{[1] [12]}

Lifshitz died on September 18, 1976, in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[3]

Some works

Thesis

• Baruch. Lifshitz. 1957. The Protection of Graves in Grave Inscriptions in Eretz-Israel. PhD diss. Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Books

• Book: Lifshitz, Baruch. Donateurs et fondateurs dans les synagogues juives: répertoire des dédicaces grecques relatives à la construction et à la réfection des synagogues. 7. Cahiers de la Revue biblique, Revue biblique, ISSN 0575-0741. J. Gabalda. 1967. 600240401.
• Book: Lifshitz, Baruch . Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Syrien, Palästina, Arabien) . 1978 . Scythopolis. L'histoire, les institutions et les cultes de la ville à l'époque hellénistique et impériale . Hildegard . Temporini . Wolfgang . Haase . Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW) / Rise and Decline of the Roman World . 8 . 848357261 . 10.1515/9783110866940-010 . 9783110866940 .
• Book: Lifshitz, Baruch . 1978 . Jérusalem sous la domination romaine. Histoire de la ville depuis la conquête de Pompée jusqu'à Constantin (63 a. C. — 325 p. C.) . Hildegard . Temporini . Wolfgang . Haase . Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW) / Rise and Decline of the Roman World . Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Syrien, Palästina, Arabien) . 8 . 10.1515/9783110866940-014 . 9783110866940 .

Articles

• Baruch . Lifshitz . 27924908 . The Greek Documents from the Cave of Horror . Israel Exploration Journal . 12 . 3/4 . 201–207 . 1962.
• Baruch . Lifshitz . 1962 . Papyrus grecs du désert de Juda . 41215857 . Aegyptus . 42 . 3/4 . 240–256 . fr.
• Baruch . Lifshitz . 1962 . L'origine du nom des chretiens . Vigiliae Christianae . 16 . 2 . 65–70 . 10.2307/1582133 . 1582133.
• Baruch . Lifshitz . Schiby . J. . Une Synagogue Samaritaine a Thessalonique . 1968 . Revue Biblique (1946-) . 75 . 3 . 368–378 . 44087982.
• Lifshitz . Baruch . 1976 . Bleigewichte aus Palästina und Syrien . Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins . 92 . 2 . 168–187 . 27931038.

Notes and References

1. Jonas C.. Greenfield. Reviewed Works: Beth Sheʿarim. Vol. 2, Ha-kĕtōbōt ha-yĕwaniyyōt [The Greek Inscriptions] by Moshe Schwabe, Baruch Lifshitz; Beth Sheʿarim. Vol. 3, Ha-ḥăfīrōt hāʾarkhiólogiyyōt bĕšānīm 1953-1958 [The Archaeological Excavations during 1953-1958] by Nahman Avigad. Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 35. 2. April 1976. 10.1086/372476. 545201. 137–139.
2. Book: The Second Jewish Revolt: The Bar Kokhba War, 132-136 CE. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism. Menahem Mor. Brill. 2016. 4. 10.1163/9789004314634. 978-90-04-31463-4.
3. Itzhak. Gilead. Ofer. Bar-Yosef. François. Valla. E.E.. Wreschner. M.. Lamdan. Ruth. Amiran. Carmela. Cohen. Moshe. Dothan. Avraham. Biran. Kevin G.. O'Connell. D. Glenn. Rose. Lawrence E.. Toombs. Rudolph. Cohen. Amos. Kloner. Eric M.. Meyers. Claudine. Dauphin. Claudine Dauphin . Notes and News. Israel Exploration Journal. 27. 4. Israel Exploration Society. 1977. 261–262. 27925639.
4. Book: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. 1966. 448.
5. Web site: Department of Classical Studies. The Faculty of Humanities. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2021-01-07.
6. Book: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. 1972. 69.
7. Book: Understanding the Greek Orthodox Church: Its Faith, History, and Practice. 1. Demetrios J. Constantelos. Seabury Press. 1982. 9780816405152. 20.
8. Book: Jerusalem to Jabneh, Units 5-6. Open University of Israel. 9789650611910. 43.
9. Book: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Jerusalem Post Press. 1962. 346.
10. Book: Tibor Grüll. 2019. Ókori zsinagógák dedikációs feliratai [Dedicatory inscriptions of ancient synagogues, in Hung.]]. 67–90.
11. Web site: Lifshitz, B. www.trismegistos.org. 2022-01-08.
12. Book: The Language Environment of First Century Judaea: Jerusalem Studies in the Synoptic Gospels—Volume Two. Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series. Randall Buth. R. Steven Notley. BRILL. 2014. 9789004264410. 42.