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Yohanan Levi
יוחנן לוי
Born1901 (age 122–123)
Died20 July 1945(1945-07-20) (aged 43–44)
Nationality Mandatory Palestine
Occupation(s)Linguist, historian, professor
AwardsIsrael Prize (1957, posthumously)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineHebrew linguistics, history
Sub-disciplineSecond Temple period
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem

Yohanan Levi (Hebrew: יוחנן לוי; 1901 – 20 July 1945) was a Hebrew linguist and historian, specialising in the Second Temple period.

Biography

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Levi was born in Berlin, Germany in 1901. He studied at Berlin University and received a doctorate in 1926. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine (now Israel) in 1934 and taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was professor of Roman language and literature. He died, age 44, in 1945. A number of his articles were collected by his students and published some fifteen years after his death.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew)".

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