Yoram Tsafrir

Yoram Tsafrir
Born(1938-01-30)30 January 1938
Kfar Azar, Israel
Died23 November 2015(2015-11-23) (aged 77)
Jerusalem
Academic background
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeologist
Sub-disciplineArchaeology and history of Palestine
Institutions

Yoram Tsafrir (Hebrew: יורם צפריר; 30 January 1938 – 23 November 2015) was an Israeli archaeologist. His research has included the Byzantine influence on ancient synagogues, demography of Palestine in the Byzantine period, mosaics at Horvat Berachot, excavations at Beit She'an, and excavations at Rehovot-in-the-Negev).[1] A Professor Emeritus of the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he was a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[2][3]

  1. ^ Levy, Thomas (1995). Arch Of Society. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 599–. ISBN 978-0-7185-1388-7. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ "YORAM TSAFRIR, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ARCHAEOLOGY". Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  3. ^ Marlia Mundell Mango (2009). Byzantine Trade, 4th-12th Centuries: The Archaeology of Local, Regional and International Exchange : Papers of the Thirty-eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, St John's College, University of Oxford, March 2004. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-0-7546-6310-2. Retrieved 16 April 2013.