Hayim Tadmor

Hayim Tadmor (born Frumstein) (; November 18, 1923, Harbin, China–December 11, 2005, Jerusalem) was a leading Israeli Assyriologist. As a student of Benno Landsberger and Sidney Smith, his knowledge was grounded in immediate knowledge and experience that went back to the earliest years of Assyriology.

Early life and education Hayim Tadmor was born in Harbin, Manchuria, as Hayim Frumstein. He also edited the Biblical Encyclopaedia vols. 6-8, and with Mordechai Cogan published a new translation and scholarly interpretation of the Second Book of Kings.

Later career He was appointed as a professor in 1971 and was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1985. He held visiting professorships at the universities of Yale, City University of New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Berkeley. Having retired in 1994, he was elected vice-president of the Israel Academy in 1996, serving until 2004. In USA he was elected honorary member of the American Oriental Society and a Fellow of the Academy for Jewish Research. In 2000 he was awarded the Rothschild Prize for his life’s work. He received an honour from the Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences in Harbin. Two Festschriften appeared, one in his honour and another a joint tribute for him and his wife. Another volume was published in his memory by the Israel Academy. In 2010 his and his wife’s library was acquired by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University, where it is available for readers. His papers are held at the Hebrew University Archive.

Personal life In 1953 Tadmor married Miriam Yehieli, née Skura, a fellow student and archaeologist. The couple had two children: Naomi and David.

Publications

Books H. Tadmor and S. Yamada, The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria, Eisenbrauns 2011 The Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III, King of Assyria: Critical Edition with Introduction, Translations and Commentary, Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994 (second printing with Addenda et Corrigenda 2007). II Kings: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible Commentaries, vol. XI, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1988. Edited by Mordechai Cogan, Hayim Tadmor. H. Tadmor and M. Weinfeld (eds.), History, Historiography and Interpretation, Studies in Biblical and Cuneiform Literatures, The Magnes Press: the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1983.