Trude Dothan (Hebrew: טרודה דותן; 12 October 1922 – 28 January 2016) was an Israeli archaeologist who focused on the Late Bronze and Iron Ages in the region, in particular in Philistine culture.[1][2]
Trude Dothan | |
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| Born | 12 October 1922 |
| Died | 28 January 2016 (aged 93) |
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| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| Discipline | Archaeologist |
| Sub-discipline | Bronze Age and Iron Age |
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Biography edit
Trude Krakauer (later Dothan) was born in Vienna. She immigrated with her parents to Mandatory Palestine at the age of one. In Jerusalem, they joined the local community of intellectuals and artists, many of them German speakers.[1] Her father, Leopold Krakauer, was an artist and architect who designed several Bauhaus-style buildings for Jerusalem's "garden city" of Rehavia; her mother Grete (née Wolf, 1890–1970) was a painter.[1] She attended the Rehavia Gymnasium for her high school education.
In 1951 she married Moshe Dothan (1919–1999), a fellow archaeologist with whom she shared interest in biblical archaeology and particularly the Philistine culture. They had two children together, one of them Dan was vocalist for the Israeli rock and new wave band HaClique.[1][3] She died on 28 January 2016, aged 93.[4]
Academic and archaeology career edit
A professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1977, she held the Eliezer Sukenik Chair of Archeology and headed the Berman Center of Biblical Archaeology. Her private collection of books is now in the Lanier Theological Library, Houston, Texas.
Awards and recognition edit
- 1991 – Percia Schimmel Award in archaeology, awarded by the Israel Museum.
- 1998 – Israel Prize, for archaeology.[5]
- 2003 – an honorary PhD from the Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem.
Published works edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Hess, Orna. "Trude Dothan". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- ^ Golden, Frederic (1981-03-23). "Science: Why Moses Went the Long Way". TIME. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ^ "CMS newsletter no' 26 - december 1999". Maritime2.haifa.ac.il. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ [1] Archived January 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1998 (in Hebrew)". Cms.education.gov.il. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ The Philistines and Their Material Culture. 1982. ASIN 0300022581.
- ^ People of the Sea: Search for the Philistines. 1992. ASIN 0025322613.
- ^ "Deir el-Balah: Uncovering an Egyptian Outpost in Canaan from the Time of the Exodus". Israel Museum Magazine. Winter 2008 – Spring 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
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