Yohanan Levi Explained

Yohanan Levi
Native Name:יוחנן לוי
Native Name Lang:he
Birth Place:Berlin, German Empire
Death Place:Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Occupation:Linguist, historian, professor
Awards:Israel Prize (1957, posthumously)
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Workplaces:Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Discipline:Hebrew linguistics, history
Sub Discipline:Second Temple period
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Yohanan Levi (Hebrew: יוחנן לוי; 1901 – 20 July 1945) was a Hebrew linguist and historian, specialising in the Second Temple period.

Biography

Levi was born in Berlin, Germany in 1901. He studied at Berlin University and received a doctorate in 1926. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine (now Israel) in 1934 and taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was professor of Roman language and literature. He died, age 44, in 1945. A number of his articles were collected by his students and published some fifteen years after his death.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew).