Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician (1917-1984)
Yigael Yadin
יגאל ידין
Ministerial roles
1977–1981
Deputy Prime Minister
Faction represented in the Knesset
1977–1978
Democratic Movement for Change
1978–1981
Democratic Movement
1981
Independent
Military roles
1949–1952
Chief of the General Staff
Personal details
Born
Yigael Sukenik, יגאל סוקניק
(1917-03-20)20 March 1917 Jerusalem, Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire[1]
Died
28 June 1984(1984-06-28) (aged 67) Hadera, Israel[2]
Military service
Allegiance
Haganah
Israel Defense Forces
Years of service
1932–52
Rank
Rav Aluf (highest rank)
Chief of Staff
Battles/wars
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
World War II
1947–1949 Palestine war
Yigael Yadin (Hebrew: יִגָּאֵל יָדִין[jigaˈeljaˈdin]; 20 March 1917 – 28 June 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician. He was the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and Deputy Prime Minister from 1977 to 1981.
^"1984: An Archaeologist Who Brought Israel's History to Life, Dies". Haaretz. 2013-06-28.
^Brooke, James (1984-06-29). "Yigael Yadin, Famed Israeli, Dies; was Archeologist and War Hero". The New York Times.
YigaelYadin (Hebrew: יִגָּאֵל יָדִין [jigaˈel jaˈdin]; 20 March 1917 – 28 June 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician. He was the second...
(excavation report Masada) Yadin, Yigael. Masada: Herod's Fortress and the Zealots' Last Stand. London, 1966. Yadin, Yigael. Israel Exploration Journal...
Rutgers University YigaelYadin (1917–1984), an Israeli archeologist, politician, and soldier Yadin, as a forename, may refer to: Yadin Dudai (born 1944)...
ISBN 978-1-885923-98-1 YigaelYadin, "New Light on Solomon's Megiddo," Biblical Archaeology, vol. 23, pp. 62–68, 1960 YigaelYadin, "Megiddo of the Kings...
century CE. The War Scroll's description of the weaponry and tactics led YigaelYadin to assign the composition of the scroll to a date between the capture...
Igal Volodarsky (also Igal Dar) (1936-1977), Israeli basketball player YigaelYadin (1917–84), Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of...
Commander Shimon Avidan demanding that Dayan be disciplined. Chief of Staff YigaelYadin instructed the military attorney general to proceed, but the case was...
proper was taken up by the central Israel Defense Forces (IDF) base, Camp YigaelYadin (a.k.a. Camp Tzrifin, Camp 782), with which it is synonymous, even though...
Redemption of Israel" on the bottom. According to Israeli archaeologist YigaelYadin, Bar Kokhba tried to revive Hebrew and make Hebrew the official language...
Scrolls archaeologist YigaelYadin, Aramaic was the language of Hebrews until Simon Bar Kokhba's revolt (132 AD to 135 AD). Yadin noticed the shift from...
edited by YigaelYadin and Jonas C. Greenfield. (ISBN 9652210099). Vol. 3, "Hebrew, Aramaic and Nabatean–Aramaic Papyri", edited YigaelYadin, Jonas C...
to nun "fish" piʾt "corner" to pe "mouth" šimš "sun" to šin "tooth" YigaelYadin (1963) went to great lengths to prove that there was actual battle equipment...
neighbourhoods and peripheral towns. On 2 November 1976, former Chief of Staff YigaelYadin announced the formation of a new party to be called Democrats - Change...
Kaete Dan Hotel (today Dan Tel Aviv). In response, Ben-Gurion ordered YigaelYadin (acting chief of staff) to concentrate large forces on the Tel Aviv beach...
world-renowned expert on Herodian architecture. Netzer worked at Masada with YigaelYadin, and later completed the official excavation report for the site. He...
recent digs at Hazor by YigaelYadin. Archaeologist Amnon Ben-Tor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who replaced Yadin as the supervisor of excavations...
by scholar YigaelYadin as "The Torah According to the Essenes". On the other hand, Hartmut Stegemann, a contemporary and friend of Yadin, believed the...
founding member of Rosh Pinna. Allon's father initially wanted to name him "Yigael", meaning "he will be redeemed", but decided it was too passive, and instead...
four seasons from 1955 to 1958 by a Hebrew University team led by YigaelYadin. Yadin returned to Hazor for a final season of excavation in 1968. The excavations...
Jordan) at the beginning of the second century CE. In 1960, archaeologist YigaelYadin discovered a leather pouch containing her personal documents in what...
Reconstruction of the Antonia Fortress, in Jerusalem Revealed (edited by YigaelYadin), (1976). Eirini Panou (2015) in Patristic Studies in the Twenty-First...
[dubious – discuss] He has been identified with a solar deity, although YigaelYadin thought him to be a moon god. Edward Lipinski identifies him with the...
He gives particular weight to what were then recent digs at Hazor by YigaelYadin. In rabbinic literature Joshua is regarded as a faithful, humble, deserving...
GREEK PAPYRI [Aramaic and Nabataean Signatures and Subscriptions, ed. by YigaelYadin and Jonas C. Greenfield](Israel Exploration Society, Hebrew University...
the territory of the former Assyrian Empire at that time, but his son YigaelYadin interpreted this phrase as a veiled reference to the Romans. Answers...