Leonard J. Greenspoon, a towering scholar of particular depth and breadth who made biblical scholarship accessible to Biblical Archaeology Review readers for nearly two decades, passed away on May 22, 2025, at the age of 79. For 20 years, he was a distinguished member of the Clemson University faculty. In 1996, he became the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University, where he was also a professor of theology and classical and Near Eastern studies.Background here.[...]
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