Wikipedia's first sentence called it “china expert”. Today it says “shaul eisenberg chair for east asian affairs at tel aviv university”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Meir Shahar ( Hebrew : מאיר שחר, born in 1959 in Jerusalem , Israel ) is a professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University .1After studying at the University of Jerusalem, he studied Chinese in Taipei . He obtained a PhD in Asian languages and civilizations at Harvard University in 1992. His research interests include the interplay of Chinese religion and Chinese literature, Chinese martial-arts history, Chinese esoteric Buddhism, and the impact of Indian mythology of the Chinese pantheon of divinities.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Meir Shahar ( Hebrew : מאיר שחר), born in 1959 in Jerusalem ( Israel ) is a China expert. He is Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the Tel Aviv University . After studying at the University of Jerusalem, he studied chinese languages in Taipei . He obtained a PhD in asian languages and civilizations at Harvard University in 1992.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Meir Shahar ( Hebrew : מאיר שחר, born in 1959 in Jerusalem , Israel ) is a professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University . After studying at the University of Jerusalem, he studied Chinese in Taipei . He obtained a PhD in Asian languages and civilizations at Harvard University in 1992. His current research focuses on interactions between Chinese religions, the Chinese literature, and Chinese martial arts.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Meir Shahar ( , born in 1959 in Jerusalem ) is the Shaul Eisenberg Chair for East Asian Affairs at Tel Aviv University .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Meir Shahar ( Hebrew : מאיר שחר ; born in 1959 in Jerusalem ) is the Shaul Eisenberg Chair for East Asian Affairs at Tel Aviv University .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “china expert”. Today it says “shaul eisenberg chair for east asian affairs at tel aviv university”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
china expert
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shaul eisenberg chair for east asian affairs at tel aviv university
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