Ephraim Avigdor Speiser

Ephraim Avigdor Speiser
Born(1902-01-24)January 24, 1902
DiedJune 15, 1965(1965-06-15) (aged 63)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationHarrison Research Fellow in Semitics at the University of Pennsylvania
Known fordiscovery of the ancient site of Tepe Gawra
SpouseSue Gimbel Dannenbaum
Academic background
Alma materDropsie College (Ph.D.)
Academic work
DisciplineAssyriologist
Sub-disciplineArchaeology, Biblical commentator
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Notable studentsMoshe Greenberg and Anne Draffkorn Kilmer
Notable worksGenesis (AYB)

Ephraim Avigdor Speiser (January 24, 1902 – June 15, 1965) was a Polish-born American Assyriologist and translator of the Torah. He discovered the ancient site of Tepe Gawra in 1927 and supervised its excavation between 1931 and 1938.

Speiser was married to Sue Gimbel Dannenbaum, granddaughter of Charles Gimbel of the Gimbel Brothers. They had two children together, Jean and Joel.[1]

  1. ^ "Ephraim Avigdor Speiser Papers | University Archives and Records Center". archives.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-22.