Yigael Yadin’s Archaeological Contributions
Introduction
Biblical Archeology has helped in supporting the historicity of the Bible. Not that archaeology proves or disapproves the Bible – this it does not, it only supports the history of the Bible. One of the discoveries that support the biblical historicity is the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea Scrolls came from eleven caves, mined over the course of seven years, over 15,000 documents supporting biblical historicity have been unearthed at Qumran. One of the archeologist that played an important part in this discovery was Yigael Yadin of Israel. Yadin, not only contributed to the discovery and research of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than any other archeologist, but he also
Lipa, having an apparent talent for learning went to school as a rabbinical student in the huge Slobodka yeshiva located in the river town of Kovno, some 200 miles north of Bialystok. However, Lipa was not destined to be a rabbi. Lipa met Chassiya when he joined “the Workers of Zion.” After five years, Chassiya and Lipa decided to leave
Lithuania forever, get married and make a future together in Palestine. The Sukeniks did not have a happy home life. Lipa’s wife, Chassiya remained a dedicated kindergarten teacher while Lipa was a high school instructor in mathematics and geography. However this did not satisfy him. From his first days in Jerusalem he displayed an intense interest in antiquarian subjects; and would go off through villages seeking biblical identifications for ruins and ancient tumbles of stone. As he studied the scattered archaeological remains, he began to daydream about the heroes of the bible and began to desire becoming an archaeologist. Sukenik was now determined to become an archaeologist even though at that time in the early 20’s it was a ludicrously unrealistic ambition for a Palestinian Jew. At the age of 15 he joined the Haganah. In 1935 he started studying archaeology, history and Arabic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1936, Yadin left his studies in favor of active military service. In 1939 he was appointed as Yitzhak Sadeh’s adjutant. In 1943 he