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Itamar Singer

1946 – 2012

Romanian-born Israeli historian

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Lived 1946 – 2012 (aged 65). Itamar Singer was an Israeli historian, university teacher, hittitologist and archaeologist.

Itamar Singer (; November 26, 1946 – September 19, 2012) was an Israeli author and historian of Jewish-Romanian origin. He is known for his research of the Ancient Near East and as a leading Hittitologist, pioneering the study of this ancient Anatolians culture in Israel and elucidating the tensions which brought about its demise.

Personal background Itamar Singer was born on November 26, 1946, in Dej, in the multiethnic Transylvanian region of Romania. He was the son of Zoltán and Gertrude Singer. The Hungarian-speaking family moved to Cluj (Kolozsvár) when Singer was five years old. They relocated to Israel in 1958, where they settled in the new town of Holon.

Singer married Argentinean-born Egyptologist, Dr. Graciela Noemi Gestoso. His publications numbered over a hundred papers in academic journals, to which he continued to contribute well into retirement. For several years he was a member of the editorial board of the scholarly journal Antiguo Oriente.

In 2010, Itamar Singer was awarded the EMET Prize.

Selected publications Singer, Itamar. The Hittite KI.LAM Festival, 2 Vols, Harrassowitz, 1983, 1984. Singer, Itamar and Izre'el, Shlomo. The General's Letter from Ugarit: A Linguistic and Historical Reevaluation of RS 20.33, Tel Aviv University, 1990. Singer, Itamar. Muwatalli's Prayer, ASOR, 1996. Singer, Itamar. Hittite Prayers, Society of Biblical Literature, 2002. Singer, Itamar. The Hittites and their Culture (in Hebrew), Jerusalem, 2009. Singer, Itamar. The Calm before the Storm: Selected Writings of Itamar Singer on the End of the Late Bronze Age in Anatolia and the Levant, Society of Biblical Literature, 2010. Singer, Itamar. The failed reforms of Akhenaten and Muwatalli, British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) 6 (2006), pp.37–58

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Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Employers
Tel Aviv University
Awards
The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Itamar Singer?

Romanian-born Israeli historian (1946-2012)

When was Itamar Singer born?

Itamar Singer was born on 26 November 1946 in Dej.

When did Itamar Singer die?

Itamar Singer died on 19 September 2012 in Holon.

What was Itamar Singer's occupation?

Itamar Singer was a historian, university teacher, hittitologist and archaeologist.

What nationality was Itamar Singer?

Itamar Singer was Israeli.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Itamar Singer

· Wikidata: Q508221

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