Cyrus Herzl Gordon

Background

Gordon, Cyrus Herzl was born on June 29, 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin Lee and Dorothy (Cohen) Gordon.

Education

AB, University of Pennsylvania, 1927; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1930; D Hebrew Letters (honorary), Baltimore Hebrew College, 1981; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1985; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Boston Hebrew College, 1995; D Hebrew Laws (honorary), Gratz College, 1996.

Career

Instructor semitics, University of Pennsylvania, 1930-1931; field archaeologist, fellow, American Schools Oriental Research, Near East, 1931-1935; teaching fellow, Oriental Seminary, Johns Hopkins University, 1935-1938; lecturer Bible,, Smith College, 1938-1939, 40-41; member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1939-1940, 41-42; professor Assyriology and Egyptology,, Dropsie U., Philadelphia, 1946-1956; professor Near Eastern studies, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1956-1973; professor emeritus, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1973, also department chairman Mediterranean studies, 1958-1973; director Graduate School, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1957-1958; associate dean faculty, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1957-1958; Gottesman professor Hebrew studies, New York University, 1973-1989; professor emeritus, New York University, since 1989; director, Center Ebla Research, New York University, since 1982. Visiting fellow humanities U. Colorado, 1967. Gay lecturer Simmons College, 1970.

Visiting professor New York University, 1970-1973. Visiting fellow Japan Foundation, 1974. Visiting professor.history and anthropology U. New Mexico, 1976.

Visiting professor humanities S.W.Mo. State University, 1977-1979. Distinguished visiting professor New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1979-1980.

Visiting professor Judaic studies State University of New York, Albany, 1981-1982, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1988. Del Grauer lecturer U. B.C., Vancouver, 1988. Visiting Brownstone professor Dartmouth College, 1990.

Visiting professor Maritime Civilizations, U. Haifa, Israel, 1993. Elected Society Scholars, Johns Hopkins University, since 1990. Archeological expeditions.

Lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1992.

Achievements

• Cyrus Herzl Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy Orientalist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • RIDDLES IN HISTORY

    (Even since the Early Bronze Age, transatlantic crossing w...)

  • Ugaritic Textbook

    (From private collection: Hardbound, gray cloth cover.)

  • Ugaritic Textbook: Grammar - Texts In Transliteration - Cuneiform Selections - Glossary - Indices (Analecta Orientalia)

    (Since 1929 the French expeditions directed by Cl. Schaeff...)

  • Ugarit and Minoan Crete: The Bearing of Their Texts on the Origi

    (NO highlighting or underlining. Some wear but overall ver...)

  • Forgotten Scripts: Their Ongoing Discovery and Decipherment

    (xxi + 226 pp., 8vo.)

  • Ugaritic Handbook: Revised Grammar, Paradigms, Texts in Transliteration, Comprehensive Glossary
  • Forgotten Scripts / Their Ongoing Discovery and Decipherment
  • Ugaritic Handbook, Part I, Revised Grammar, Paradigms -- Part 2, Texts in Translation -- Part 3, Comprehensive Glossary, housed in original folder (Analecta Orientalia 25)
  • Ugaritic Textbook: Grammar - Texts In Transliteration - Cuneiform Selections - Glossary - Indices (Analecta Orientalia) by Cyrus H. Gordon (1998-01-01)
  • Forgotten scripts;: How they were deciphered and their impact on contemporary culture
  • Ugaritic Textbook: Grammar, Texts in Transliteration, Cuneiform Selections, Glossary, Indices (Analecta Orientalia 38). 3 Volumes
  • Introduction to Old Testament times
  • Ugaritic Handbook (1) Revised Grammar, Paradigms, (2) Texts in Transliteration, (3) Comprehensive Glossary. Three parts.
  • Introduction to Old Testament Times
  • Ugaritic Handbook. Revised Grammar, Paradigms, Texts in Transliteration, Comprehensive Glossary. Parts I, II and III
  • Forgotten Scripts: Their Ongoing Discovery and Deciperment by Cyrus Gordon (1982-10-01)

Membership

Trustee, Boston Hebrew College. Corresponding member Institute Antiquity and Christianity Claremont Graduate school and University Center. Trustee International CouncilEtruscan Studies of Order of Holy Cross.

Member managing committee American School Classical Studies, Athens, 1958-1973. Served as officer United States Army, 1942-1946. Colonel United States Air Force Reserve, retired.

Flight commander Boston Air Reserve Center 1958-1961;mobilization assignee Headquarters United States Air Force 1961-1967. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Asiatic Society (honorary), American Academy.Jewish Research, Explorers Club. Member American History Association, American Oriental Society (Executive Committee 1964-1967), American Philological Association, Archaeol.

Institute American, Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan (honorary).

Connections

Married Joan Elizabeth Kendall, September 22, 1946 (deceased 1985). Children: Deborah J. Gordon Friedrich, Sarah Y. Gordon Krakauer, Rachel K. Gordon Bernstein, Noah D., Dan K. Married Constance Victoria Wallace, October 18, 1986.

Father:

Benjamin Lee Gordon

Mother:

Dorothy (Cohen) Gordon

Spouse:

Constance Victoria Wallace

Spouse:

Joan Elizabeth Kendall

child:

Rachel K. Gordon Bernstein Gordon

child:

Sarah Y. Gordon Krakauer Gordon

child:

Dan K. Gordon

child:

Noah D. Gordon

child:

Deborah J. Gordon Friedrich Gordon