Aaron Demsky

Aaron Demsky is professor of biblical history at Bar-Ilan University. He is an epigrapher noted for his work on onomastics.[1][2]

Demsky is the winner of the 2014 Bialik Prize for his book, Literacy in Ancient Israel.[3][2][4]

Books

  • Pleasant are Their Names: Jewish Names in the Sephardi Diaspora, University of Maryland Press, 2010 ISBN 9781934309247
  • These are the names : studies in Jewish onomastics, with Joseph A. Reif, Joseph Tabory. Bar-Ilan University Press, 1997. ISBN 9652261920 (v. 1), 9652262269 (v. 2)
  • Yediʻat sefer be-Yiśraʼel ba-ʻet ha-ʻatiḳah, Mosad Byaliḳ, 2012. ISBN 9789655360462

References

  1. ↑ Hershel Shanks (2010). Freeing the Dead Sea Scrolls. Bloomsbury. p. 218. ISBN 144111713X.
  2. 1 2 Grave-Lazee, Lidar (30 June 2014). "Demsky to receive Bialik Prize". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Prof. Aaron Demsky Awarded Bialik Prize for Jewish Scholarship". Bar Ilan University. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Klein, Steven (3 July 2014). "Prof. Aaron Demsky to receive Jewish Thought award". Haaretz. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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