Ephraim Avigdor Speiser

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1902-01-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Skalat,_Austria-Hungary
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1965-06-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:James_A._Montgomery
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Journal_of_the_American_Oriental_Society
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:field archaeology
Assyriology
Near Eastern studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ephraim Avigdor Speiser
gptkbp:influenced modern biblical scholarship
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_A._Montgomery
gptkbp:knownFor archaeological work in Mesopotamia
translation of Genesis
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Russian
English
Polish
Akkadian
Sumerian
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Office_of_Strategic_Services
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
Polish
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Anchor_Bible_Genesis_translation
gptkb:Excavations_at_Tepe_Gawra
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
gptkb:archaeologist
orientalist
gptkbp:positionHeld Chair, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Director, University Museum Excavations at Tepe Gawra
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Speiser
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Report_of_the_Wolfe_Expedition_to_Babylonia
gptkb:Speiser
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