Cyrus H. Gordon

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:award gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1908-06-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Barbara_Gordon
gptkb:Deborah_Gordon
gptkb:David_Gordon
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-03-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Brookline,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:editor Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Brandeis_University
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkb:New_York_University
gptkb:Smith_College
gptkb:Dropsie_College
gptkbp:field gptkb:Semitic_languages
Biblical studies
Near Eastern studies
Ugaritic studies
gptkbp:fullName Cyrus Herzl Gordon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cyrus H. Gordon
gptkbp:influenced biblical scholarship
Ugaritic studies
gptkbp:knownFor work on ancient Near Eastern languages
Ugaritic studies
theories on pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Society_of_Biblical_Literature
gptkb:American_Oriental_Society
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:archaeologist
gptkb:linguist
gptkb:scholar
theologian
gptkbp:publishedWork The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations
Adventures in the Nearest East
Before Columbus
Forgotten Scripts
Homer and Bible
The Ancient Near East
Ugaritic Literature
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:spouse Sarah Hodges Gordon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Bible_and_the_Ancient_Near_East
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8