Ephraim Avigdor Speiser | |
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| Born | January 24, 1902 |
| Died | June 15, 1965 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Harrison Research Fellow in Semitics at the University of Pennsylvania |
| Known for | discovery of the ancient site of Tepe Gawra |
| Spouse | Sue Gimbel Dannenbaum |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Dropsie College (Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Assyriologist |
| Sub-discipline | Archaeology, Biblical commentator |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Notable students | Moshe Greenberg and Anne Draffkorn Kilmer |
| Notable works | Genesis (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]
- ^ "Ephraim Avigdor Speiser Papers | University Archives and Records Center". archives.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-22.