Édouard Paul Dhorme (15 January 1881 in Armentières, Nord – 19 January 1966 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (Alpes-Maritimes)) was a French Assyriologist, Semitologist and translator of the Bible.
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Édouard Paul Dhorme | |
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![]() Dhorme in Paris, about 1940 | |
Born | (1881-01-15)15 January 1881 Armentières, Nord, France |
Died | 19 January 1966(1966-01-19) (aged 85) |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Assyriologist, Semitologist and translator of the Bible |
He was director of the French School of Biblical Archeology in Jerusalem from 1927 to 1930, and director of studies at École pratique des hautes études from 1933 to 1951, and a professor at Collège de France from 1945 to 1951. He was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1948.
One of his greatest works treated of the religions of Babylon and Assyria. His French translation of the Old Testament was prepared under the direction of Gallimard at the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. Along with Hans Bauer, Dhorme is credited with the decipherment of the Ugaritic writing system.
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