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Takamitsu Muraoka

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Japanese Hebraist

JapanWritersLived 1938 to 2026 · aged 88
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Takamitsu Muraoka was a Japanese Semitist. He was Chair of Hebrew, Israelite Antiquities, and Ugaritic at Leiden University in the Netherlands from 1991 to 2003 and is most notable for his studies of Hebrew and Aramaic linguistics and the ancient translations of the Bible, notably of the Septuagint.

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Awards 3

2017Burkitt Medal
2003emeritus
1984Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

Connected to Takamitsu 6

Eduard SchweizerAlso won Burkitt MedalGary FoleyAlso won Fellow of the Australian Academy of the HumanitiesEdgar J. GoodspeedAlso won emeritusElleke BoehmerAlso won Fellow of the Australian Academy of the HumanitiesSigmund MowinckelAlso won Burkitt MedalRaoul BricardAlso won emeritus

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Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2026 · aged 88
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6 languages

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