Victor Tcherikover

אביגדור צ'ריקובר

Victor A. Tcherikover (Hebrew: אביגדור צ'ריקובר; 1894–1958) was a Russian-born Israeli scholar.

Biography

Born in Russia, he settled in Palestine in 1925. He was one of the first teachers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and headed the departments of general history and classical studies. He specialized in Jewish history in Palestine and Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period.[1][2]

Publications

References

  1. John J. Collins, The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, Collins/Harlow), 2010
  2. Tcherikover, Victor Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews, New York: Atheneum, 1975
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