====== Astour, Michael C. ======

== Name ==
Astour, Michael C.

== Dates ==
17 December 1916 - 7 October 2004

== Birthplace ==
Kharkov, Russia

== Specialization ==
Semitics

== Major works ==
*Hellenosemitica, Leiden 1967
*The Rabbeans (SMS 2/1), Malibu 1978
*The Arena of Tiglath-pileser III's Campaign Against Sarduri II (Assur 2/3), Malibu 1979
*Hittite history and absolute chronology of the Bronze Age, Partille 1989

== Remarks ==
Studied in Paris under Ch. Virolleaud, E. Dhorme, R. Weil, 1934-1937 Imprisoned by the Russians, 1939-1950 Librarian, Hebrew Yiddish Library, Paris, 1958 Professor of Yiddish and Russian Literatures, Brandeis University, 1959 Ph.D. in Mediterranean Studies, 1961 Professor of Historical Studies, Southern Illinois University, 1965-1987

== Obituaries ==
https://listhost.uchicago.edu/ pipermail/ane/2004-October/014833.html (J.M. Sasson)

== Festschrift ==
G.D. Young et al. (eds.), Crossing Boundaries and Linking Horizons: Studies in Honor of Michael C. Astour, Bethesda 1997