Tadmor (born Frumstein), Hayim
18 November 1923 - 11 December 2005
Harbin, China
Assyriology
The Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser III, King of Assyria (Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994); *and Cogan, Mordechai, II Kings: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Bible 11 (Doubleday 1988)
PhD, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1954 Studied Akkadian with Landsberger, Benno, Oriental Institute, Chicago, 1955-1957 Lecturer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1958-; founder and head of the Department of Assyriology, 1965-; professor of Assyriology, 1971-1993
M. Cogan - I. Eph'al (eds.), Ah, Assyria… Studies in Assyrian History and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Hayim Tadmor, Scripta Hierosolymitana 33 (Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1991); I. Eph'al et al. (eds.), Hayim and Miriam Tadmor Volume, Eretz Israel 27 (Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 2003)
http://aajr.org/obituaries.html (A. Hurowitz - J.H. Tigay); http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article348000.ece (J.D. Hawkins)