Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor emeritus of history at the hebrew university of jerusalem”. Today it says “israeli historian”.
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Benjamin Ze'ev Kedar ( Hebrew : בנימין זאב כדאר ; born 2 September 1938) is an Israeli historian , professor emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He was president of the international Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (1995–2002), chairman of the board of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2000–12) and vice-president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2010–15). He is 2019 The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture laureate in history , the 2020 Israel Prize laureate in history research. and in 2024 he won the Prix Gustave Schlumberger de l’ Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres . The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities . 10 June 2015. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities site. Joseph Kost elected as member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities . 11 June 2015. The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture site Kadari-Ovadia, Shira (25 February 2020). The Israel Prize in the field of general history research will be awarded to Prof. Kedar awarded a prize from the l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Kedar (born 2 September 1938) is professor emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He was president of the international Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (1995–2002), chairman of the board of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2000–12) and vice-president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2010–15). He is 2019 The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture laureate in history. and the 2020 Israel Prize laureate in history research. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities . 10 June 2015. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities site. Joseph Kost elected as member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities . 11 June 2015. Israel Prize in history research to Prof.
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Israeli professor of history (born 1938) Benjamin Ze'ev Kedar (born 2 September 1938) is professor emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He was president of the international Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (1995–2002), chairman of the board of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2000–12) and vice-president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2010–15). He is 2019 The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture laureate in history and the 2020 Israel Prize laureate in history research. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities . 10 June 2015. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities site. Joseph Kost elected as member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities . 11 June 2015. The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture site Kadari-Ovadia, Shira (25 February 2020).The Israel Prize in the field of general history research will be awarded to Prof.
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professor emeritus of history at the hebrew university of jerusalem
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israeli historian
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