Emanuel Tov (Toff)

עמנואל טוב

קורות חיים עמנואל טוב – פרופסור למקרא באוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים – הוא מחשובי החוקרים של מגילות מדבר יהודה. מחקריו החדשניים בנוסח המקרא וחלוציותו ברתימת כלים ממוחשבים לחקר נוסח המקרא ולחקר המגילות הכשירו אותו לעמוד שנים ארוכות בראש המפעל לפרסום מגילות מדבר יהודה – מפעל מדעי רחב היקף לפרסום המגילות. הישגיו בחקר נוסח המקרא והמגילות הקנו לו שם עולמי וזיכו אותו בפרסים רבים, ומחקריו תורגמו ללשונות רבות.

פרופ' טוב מתגורר בירושלים, והוא נשוי לליקה, אב לאופירה, לאריאל ולאמיתי וסב לארבע נכדות.

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Emanuel Tov - עמנואל טוב‎; born September 15, 1941, Amsterdam, Netherlands) is emeritus Professor in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Biography

Emanuel Tov was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands during the German occupation (1941). When he was one year old his parents entrusted him to the care of a Christian family. His parents perished in the Holocaust, and following the war he grew up with his uncle and aunt as one of their children. He studied at a “gymnasium”, where he learned classical and modern European languages, and at the same time learned Hebrew at Talmud Torah. From age 14, he was active in the Zionistic youth movement “Ichud Habonim” and served as one of its leaders. At age 18, the movement sent him to Israel for training as a leader and in 1960 he became the general secretary of that movement in the Netherlands. In 1961, he immigrated to Israel. He studied at the Hebrew University (B.A. Bible; M.A. Bible and Greek literature), while serving also as an assistant in the Bible Dept. and at the Hebrew University Bible Project. In 1967-1969, he continued his studies at the Dept. for Near Eastern Studies and Languages at Harvard University. His dissertation, written under the guidance of Professors Shemaryahu Talmon of the Hebrew University and Frank Moore Cross of Harvard University, was submitted to the Hebrew University in 1973 as “The Septuagint Translation of Jeremiah and Baruch.” Upon his return to Israel, he served as an “assistant” at the University of Haifa and at the Hebrew University.

In 1986, he was appointed Professor at the Hebrew University and in 1990 he became the J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible Studies. Served as visiting Professor at the Universities of Oxford, Uppsala, Doshisha (Kyoto), Macquarie and Sydney (Australia), Stellenbosch (South Africa), Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam), University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome), and Halle (Germany). He stayed at Institutes for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, NIAS (the Netherlands), Annenberg (Philadelphia), Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies and the Lichtenberg Kolleg (Göttingen, Germany)

He was one of the editors of the Hebrew University Bible Project. He is a member of the editorial board of the journals Dead Sea Discoveries and the Journal of Jewish Studies, and served on the Academic committee of the Magnes Press. He is the co-founder and chairman (1991–2000) of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, a Member of the Academic Committee of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Senior Associate Fellow of the and an Honorary Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies.

From 1990-2009 he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the international Dead Sea Scrolls Publication Project, which during those years produced 33 volumes of the series Discoveries in the Judean Desert as well as two concordances .

He also published an electronic edition of all the extra-biblical Qumran scrolls and a six-volume printed edition of the scrolls meant for the general public. He also created electronic editions of the Hebrew and Greek Bible.

Emanuel Tov is married to Lika (née Aa). They have three children and four granddaughters.

Prizes and honorary titles

• 1999-2004 – Humboldt Research Prize, Germany
• 2003 – Ubbo Emmius medal, University of Groningen
• 2004 – Emet Prize for Biblical Research, Israel
• 2006 – Appointed Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
• 2008 – Honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna
• 2009 – Israel Prize in biblical studies[8][9]
• 2010 – Samaritan Medal for Humanitarian Achievement
• 2012 – Appointed Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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Born Menno Toff. Now known as Emanuel Tov. Orphaned in the Holocaust. Raised by his aunt and uncle Elisabeth Toff and Juda Koekoek as one of their children.

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Emanuel Tov (Hebrew: עמנואל טוב‎; born 1941) is Professor in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Emanuel Tov was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands during the German occupation (1941). When he was one year old his parents entrusted him to the care of a Christian family. His parents perished in the Holocaust, and following the war he grew up with his uncle and aunt [Juda Koekoek and Elisabeth Toff] as one of their children. He studied at a “gymnasium”, where he learned classical and modern European languages, and at the same time learned Hebrew at Talmud Torah. From age 14, he was active in the Zionistic youth movement “Ichud Habonim” and served as one of its leaders. At age 18, the movement sent him to Israel for training as a leader and in 1960 he became the general secretary of that movement in the Netherlands. In 1961, he immigrated to Israel. He studied at the Hebrew University (B.A. Bible; M.A. Bible and Greek literature), while serving also as an assistant in the Bible Dept. and at the Hebrew University Bible Project. In 1967-1969, he continued his studies at the Dept. for Near Eastern Studies and Languages at Harvard University. His dissertation, written under the guidance of Professors Shemaryahu Talmon of the Hebrew University and Frank Moore Cross of Harvard University, was submitted to the Hebrew University in 1973 as “The Septuagint Translation of Jeremiah and Baruch.” Upon his return to Israel, he served as an “assistant” at the University of Haifa and at the Hebrew University.

In 1986, he was appointed Professor at the Hebrew University and in 1990 he became the J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible Studies. Served as visiting Professor at the Universities of Oxford, Uppsala, Doshisha (Kyoto), Macquarie and Sydney (Australia), Stellenbosch (South Africa), Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam), University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), and the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome). He stayed at Institutes for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, NIAS (the Netherlands), and Annenberg (Philadelphia). [1] [2] [3]

He was one of the editors of the Hebrew University Bible Project. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Dead Sea Discoveries, and served on the Academic committee of the Magnes Press. He is the co-founder and chairman (1991–2000) of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, a Member of the Academic Committee of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Senior Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. [4]

From 1990-2009 he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the international Dead Sea Scrolls Publication Project, which during those years produced 32 volumes of the series Discoveries in the Judean Desert as well as two concordances .[5]

He also published a CD containing editions of all the non-biblical Qumran scrolls and a six-volume printed edition of the scrolls meant for the general public. [6]

Emanuel Tov is married to Lika (née Aa). They have three children and four granddaughters.

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Emanuel Tov (* 15. September 1941 in Amsterdam) ist ein israelischer Bibelwissenschaftler und seit 1986 Professor am bibelwissenschaftlichen Institut der Hebräischen Universität in Jerusalem. Er ist weltweit anerkannter Experte für Fragen der Textkritik. In das Herausgeberteam für die Veröffentlichung der Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer wurde Tov 1984 aufgenommen, 1990 löste er John Strugnell als verantwortlichen Herausgeber ab.