Dan Urman, of Ben-Gurion University’s Departments of Jewish History and of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, passed away in Beer-Sheva on March 14, 2004. He died of leukemia. He had taught at Ben-Gurion since 1979, attaining the rank of associate professor and serving periodically as chairman of the Jewish History department. He was also a popular leader of Biblical Archaeology Society tour groups to Israel. Urman was born in Haifa, Palestine, in 1945. He began studying history and archaeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received his B.A. in 1974 and his M.A. in 1976. In […]