About Yohanan Levi
Lived 1901 – 1945 (aged 44). Yohanan Levi was a historian and classical philologist.
Yohanan Levi (; 1901 – 20 July 1945) was a Hebrew linguist and historian, specialising in the Second Temple period.
Biography Levi was born in Berlin, Germany in 1901. He studied at Berlin University and received a doctorate in 1926. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine (now Israel) in 1934 and taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was professor of Roman language and literature. He died, age 44, in 1945. A number of his articles were collected by his students and published some fifteen years after his death.
Awards In 1957, Levi was posthumously awarded the Israel Prize, for the humanities.
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Who was Yohanan Levi?
historian and philologist
When was Yohanan Levi born?
Yohanan Levi was born on 21 March 1901 in Berlin.
When did Yohanan Levi die?
Yohanan Levi died on 20 July 1945 in Jerusalem.
What was Yohanan Levi's occupation?
Yohanan Levi was a historian and classical philologist.
What nationality was Yohanan Levi?
Yohanan Levi's recorded nationality: Mandatory Palestine.
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