Background
Pinchas Artzi was born on the 23rd of May 1923 in Budapest, Hungary.
Pinchas Artzi was born on the 23rd of May 1923 in Budapest, Hungary.
Pinchas Artzi studied for a Rabbi at Seminary and University in Budapest. He moved to Israel in 1950.
Pinchas Artzi was a professor at Bar-Ilan University. He was a co-author (with S. Levy) of the Sumerian and Akkadian Documents and "Atiqot" in Jerusalem in 1965. He also was a deputy editor of Encyclopaedia Judaica from 1970-1971.
Pinchas Artzi was the Chairman of the Department of General History the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages at the Institute for Assyriology in 1976-1983.
Pinchas Artzi was a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem from 1983 to 1984.
Pinchas Artzi was married to Fanny Bier and had 3 sons.
