Avraham Biran

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Avraham Biran

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On a mailing list I belong to there is word that this almost legendary figure in Israeli archaeology has passed away at the age of nearly 99.

Biran led the team which discovered the Tel Dan stele in 1993.
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It took a while but I finally found an English language obituary.

http://www.huc.edu/news/08/9/biranobit/
Dr. Avraham Biran, the renowned Israeli archaeologist and Director of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Israel since 1974, died on September 16, 2008 in Jerusalem. In 2002 Dr. Biran was presented with State of Israel's greatest honor, the Israel Prize, in recognition of his enormous contributions to archaeological excavation, research, and publication.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.

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