Haim Gitler Explained

Honorific Prefix:Dr.
Haim Gitler
Birth Date:April 13, 1962
Birth Place:Mexico
Nationality:Israeli
Titles:Tamar and Teddy Kollek Chief Curator of Archaeology at the Israel Museum; president of the Israel Numismatic Society
Alma Mater:The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Discipline:Archaeology
Sub Discipline:Numismatics
Workplaces:The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Main Interests:The coinages of the late Persian and early Hellenistic Period Palestine: Philistia, Samaria, Judah and Edom

Haim Gitler (Hebrew: חיים גיטלר; born 1962) is an Israeli curator and researcher, specializing in the field of numismatics. He is chief curator of archaeology and curator of numismatics at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, as well as the President of the Israel Numismatic Society.

Born in Mexico, Gitler immigrated to Israel in 1974. He received his BA and MA in Archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a PhD from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Gitler joined the staff of the Israel Museum in 1987, becoming Curator of Numismatics in 1994. In 2013, he was appointed the Tamar and Teddy Kollek Chief Curator of Archaeology at the Israel Museum, overseeing the museum's Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archeology Wing, the Shrine of the Book, and the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum.

Gitler's research focuses on coinages of the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods in Palestine, including Philistia, Samaria, Judea, and Edom. He has published extensively on various aspects of ancient numismatics and has participated in archaeological expeditions in Israel and Jordan. In addition to his curatorial and research work, Gitler has taught numismatics at the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University, and serves on the Bank of Israel's Committee for Planning Coins, Banknotes, and Commemorative Issues.

Biography

Born in Mexico in 1962, Dr. Haim Gitler immigrated to Israel in 1974. He received his BA and MA in Archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was awarded a PhD from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, in 2011. His doctoral research dealt with the coins of the Ancient Land of Israel in the Late Persian period and the beginning of the Hellenistic period. Gitler joined the staff of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, in 1987, becoming Curator of Numismatics in 1994. As the curator of Numismatics, he is responsible for the collection of ancient coins in the possession of the Israel Museum.[1] In this capacity, he oversaw the renewal of the permanent Numismatic galleries of in 1994 and 2010, as well as curating numerous temporary exhibitions of numismatics.[2] [3] [4]

In 2013, in addition to being Curator of Numismatics, Gitler was appointed the Tamar and Teddy Kollek Chief Curator of Archaeology at the Israel Museum, with overall responsibility for the management of the Museum's Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archeology Wing, as well as the Shrine of the Book – which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls – and the off-site Rockefeller Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem.[5] [6]

Gitler taught numismatics at the Rehovot campus of the Hebrew University from 1996 through 1998, and at Tel Aviv University from 2010 through 2014.[3] From 2005 through 2016, he served as President of the Israel Numismatic Society (INS), founding its journal Israel Numismatic Research in 2006.[7] In 2018, Haim was reelected President of the INS, a position he still holds today.[8] In 2022, Gitler was elected to be one of the nine members of the Committee of the International Numismatic Council and was appointed Secretary of the committee. He is the first Israeli scholar elected as a member of the INC Committee.[9] In addition, Gitler has served as a member of the Bank of Israel's Committee for Planning Coins, Banknotes, and Commemorative Issues.[10] Concurrent with his various roles, Gitler is a photographer. In 1986 he was accepted as a member of the Association for the Promotion of the Art of Photography, which is affiliated with the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP). His photographs have been shown in three solo exhibitions in Israel: at the Jerusalem Theater, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and the Photography Club in Tel Aviv. In 1986, his photographs were selected for an international show on behalf of "FIAP", exhibited in Italy and the Soviet Union.

Research

Gitler is an active researcher in the field of Numismatics.[11] His main areas of specialization include the coinages of the late Persian and early Hellenistic Periods in Palestine: Philistia, Samaria, Judea and Edom. He has published more than 100 academic articles on Electrum, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, late Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Crusader, and Modern coinages. In addition, Gitler has been a member of archaeological expeditions in Israel and Jordan. In Israel, he has published numerous articles on the numismatic findings from the excavations of the Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem; Ashkelon; the Ancient Boat in the Sea of Galilee; Har Adar and Khirbet el-‘Aqd. He has also presented papers on the excavations in Jordan conducted by Father Michele Piccirillo of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum: Mount Nebo, Umm al–Rasas and Madaba; and the excavations at Az-Zantūr in Petra, conducted by Prof. Bernhard Kolb of Basel University.

Other topics on which he has written extensively include papers on metallurgical analyses of coins and jewelry; Hacksilber hoards;[12] Roman and Islamic coin dies; clay bullae from the excavations in at Az-Zantūr in Petra; Byzantine and Islamic weights; Crusader lead seals; magical amulets; and museology. He has collaborated with more than 35 scholars worldwide on these publications.

Selected academic publications

Selected exhibitions at the Israel Museum

Scholarships and awards

International

In Israel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Explore The Collection: Numismatics . April 4, 2022 . The Israel Museum.
  2. Web site: I Congresso Internacional de Numismática Novos Diálogos e Perspectivas: PALESTRANTES: Haim Gitler . March 20, 2022 . I Congresso Internacional de Numismática.
  3. Web site: Dr. Haim Gitler Curriculum Vitae . March 20, 2022 . Academia.edu.
  4. Web site: Coins in Context . March 20, 2022 . The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
  5. Web site: Museum Staff . March 20, 2022 . The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
  6. Web site: Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archaeology Wing . March 20, 2022 . The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
  7. Web site: Israel Numismatic Research . March 20, 2022 . the Israel Numismatic Society.
  8. Web site: Officers of the INS, President: Dr. Haim Gitler . April 4, 2022 . The Israel Numismatic Society.
  9. Web site: Committee of the INC . December 4, 2022 . International Numismatic Congresses.
  10. Web site: Planning banknotes, coins and commemorative coins . April 4, 2022 . Bank of Israel.
  11. Web site: Haim Gitler: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem · Archaeology; Doctor of Philosophy . March 25, 2022 . Academia.edu.
  12. Gentelli, L. . Blichert-Toft, J. . Davis, G. . Gitler, H. . Albarede, F . 2021 . Metal provenance of Iron Age Hacksilber hoards in the southern Levant . Journal of Archaeological Science . 134. 105472 . 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105472 . 239689569 . free .
  13. Web site: The Coins of Coins: A World Premiere. Exhibition Catalogue .
  14. Web site: The Coinage of Philistia of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC A Study of the Earliest Coins of Palestine .
  15. Web site: The Nablus 1968 Hoard – ANS Store . March 25, 2022 . March 9, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309072542/http://numismatics.org/store/nablus/ . dead .
  16. Web site: The Silver Coinage of Septimius Severus and His Family .
  17. Web site: Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Israel Museum. The Paul Balog Collection. Egypt vol. III The Mamlūks 1248–1517 .
  18. Web site: Faces of Power. Roman Gold Coins from the Victor A. Adda Collection .
  19. Web site: White gold : studies in early electrum coinage .
  20. Web site: H. Bloesch, M. Spoerri Butcher, H. Gitler, K. Butcher, C. Schinzel, B. Zäch Griechische Münzen . April 4, 2022 . Academia.edu.
  21. Web site: The Yehud Coinage.
  22. Web site: The Jeselsohn Collection of Coins of the Holy Land Volume I.
  23. Web site: More than Money . March 25, 2022 . The Israel Museum.
  24. Web site: More than Money – Exhibition Site . March 25, 2022 . The Israel Museum.
  25. Web site: The Coin of Coins, A World Premiere . March 25, 2022 . The Israel Museum.
  26. Web site: White Gold: Revealing the World's Earliest Coins . March 25, 2022 . The Israel Museum.
  27. Web site: Gold from the Sea . March 25, 2022 . The Israel Museum.
  28. Web site: Coinage and Power in Ancient Israel, From the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem . March 25, 2022 . THE KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM.
  29. Web site: A virtual tour of the exhibition "Faces of Power: Roman Gold Coins from the Victor Adda Collection" . March 25, 2022 . The Israel Museum . February 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220213205300/http://www.noasarai.com/IMJ/coins/ . dead .
  30. Web site: Exhibition Audio Guide – Faces of Power: Roman Gold Coins from the Victor Adda Collection . March 25, 2022 . The Israel Museum.
  31. Web site: The Heberden Coin Room: Visiting Scholars . March 25, 2022 . Oxford University.
  32. Web site: Summer Seminar 2002: Visiting Scholar in Residence . March 25, 2022 . American Numismatic Society.
  33. Web site: Odznaki za pomoc w sprowadzeniu kolekcji po żołnierzach gen. Andersa . March 25, 2022 . Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodoweg.
  34. Web site: Visiting Professors: światowej sławy numizmatycy dr HAIM GITLER i dr MARCUS PETER. 10.10.2018, Ossolineum . March 25, 2022 . Wrocławskie Centrum Akademickie.
  35. Web site: Silver Isotopes and the Rise of Money . March 25, 2022 . European research council.

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