Yigal Yadin

Yigal Yadin (Sukenik) is certainly a colorful individual and you will find him interesting. Yadin had an interesting political and military career, but also a significant archaeologist. For more information on Yadin look in a good Bible Dictionary or Encyclopedia LINK under the sites that he excavated.

He played a significant role in the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

 Available Sources:

• Boraas, Roger S. “Review of The James A. De Rothschild Expedition at Hazor, Hazor III-IV: An Account of the Third and Fourth Excavations, 1957-1958 by Yigael Yadin.” Journal of Biblical Literature 110 no 3 (Fall 1991): 499-501. LINK
  
• Dever, William G. “Yigael Yadin (1917-1984): In Memoriam.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 256 (Autumn 1984): 3-5. JSTOR
  
• Orni, Efraim. “Yadin (Sukenik), Yigael.” Edited by Fred Skolnik and Michael Berenbaum. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 22 Vols (New York, N.Y.: MacMillan, December 12, 2006): 21:264-65. LINK
  
• Roxan, Margaret M. “Greek and Latin Documents from Masada. Review of Masada, II: The Yigael Yadin Excavations, 1963-1965. Final Reports; The Latin and Greek Documents by Hannah M. Cotton; Joseph Geiger” The Classical Review 41, no. 2 (1991): 458-59. JSTOR
  
• Segal, J. B. “Review of Hazor I: An Account of the First Season of Excavations, 1955 by Yigael Yadin; Yohanan Aharoni; Ruth Amiran; Trude Dothan; Immanuel Dunayevsky; Jean Perrot.” Bulletin of The School of Oriental and African Studies 23, no. 1 (1960): 199. JSTOR.
• Segal, J. B. “Review of Hazor II: An Account of the Second Season of Excavations, 1956 by Yigael Yadin; Yohanan Aharoni; Ruth Amiran; Trude Dothan; Immanuel Dunayevsky; Jean Perrot.” Bulletin of The School of Oriental and African Studies 26, no. 1 (1963): 177-78. JSTOR
  
• Shanks, Hershel. “BAR Interviews Yigael Yadin.” Biblical Archaeology Review 9, no. 1 (1983): 16-23.
  
• Shanks, Hershel. “Yigael Yadin 1917–1984.” Biblical Archaeology Review 10, no. 5 (1984): 24-29.
  
• Silberman, Neil Asher. A Prophet from Amongst You: The Life of Yigael Yadin: Soldier, Scholar, and Mythmaker of Modern Israel. Addison-Wesley, 1994. Look Inside
  
• Yadin, Yigael. Hazor: The Rediscovery of a Great Citadel of the Bible. New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1975. Not Available Online
  
• Yadin, Yiagel, and Carol Newsom. “The Masada Fragment of the Qumran Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice.” Israel Exploration Journal 34 (1984): 77-88. JSTOR
  
• Yadin, Yigael, Joseph Naveh, and Yaacov Meshorer. Masada I: The Yigael Yadin Excavations 1963-1965 Final Reports. The Masada Reports. Atlanta, GA: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1989.
• “Professor Yigael Yadin 1917-1984: In Memoriam.” Israel Exploration Journal 34, 2/3 (1984) 73-76. JSTOR

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