Yosef Garfinkel

Israeli archaeologist

Person human Q2918851

Facts

11 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: 1956, July 23, 1956^[8]
Place of birth: Haifa
Country of citizenship: Israel^[10]
Occupation: anthropologist, archaeologist, pedagogue, historian, university teacher
Employer: Hebrew University of Jerusalem^[14]
Field of work: archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, biblical archaeology^[11]^[12]^[13]
Spouse: Tal Ilan^[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English, Hebrew^[17]^[18]
Given name: Josef^[16]

🏷️ Also known as

en Josef Garfinkel en Yosef Garfinkel ar يوسف جارفينكل cs Yosef Garfinkel he יוסף גרפינקל he יוסי גרפינקל hu Joszef Garfinkel hu Yosef Garfinkel ja ヨセフ・ガーフィンケル ru Гарфинкель, Йосеф ru Йосеф Гарфинкель

🔖 Identifiers · 29

ISNI: 0000000066489903
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6685-9190
VIAF cluster ID: 264255929
Library of Congress authority ID: nr93010240
GND ID: 136546544
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Yosef Garfinkel.jpg ↗
Academia.edu profile URL: huji.academia.edu
American Academy in Rome ID: 12363073
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12523309c
DDB person (GND) ID: 136546544
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_136546544
Freebase ID: /m/04y7lr6

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Google Scholar author ID: NquRDccAAAAJ
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: garfinkel-iosef-9d42ca
IMDb ID: nm4502814
IdRef ID: 034480919
IxTheo authority ID: 584502125
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID: 136546544
NL CR AUT ID: uk2012682725
NUKAT ID: n2013005667
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007261550105171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 18827491X
Obálky knih ID: uk2012682725
Parsifal cluster ID: 57526
Persée author ID: 37641
Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana ID: 26732
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 697019
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJg4mykQh9prchcw4GRkDq
Yale LUX ID: person/74bef13a-fe08-490f-9a2e-cdc87467c093

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Occupation 4

historian, pedagogue, archaeologist, anthropologist

Field of work 3

archaeology, biblical archaeology, prehistoric archaeology

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, Hebrew

Affiliated with 1

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Author of 1

Combining chemical and lead isotope analyses with 3-D geometric–morphometric shape analysis: A methodological case study of socketed bronze arrowheads from the southern Levant

Country of citizenship 1

Israel

Employer 1

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Given name 1

Josef

Instance of 1

human

Place of birth 1

Haifa

Sex or gender 1

male

Spouse 1

Tal Ilan

Spouses 1

Tal Ilan

← Authored by 1

Combining chemical and lead isotope analyses with 3-D geometric–morphometric shape analysis: A methodological case study of socketed bronze arrowheads from the southern Levant

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Summary

Yosef Garfinkel was born in 1956^[1] in Haifa^[2]. He has worked as an anthropologist^[3], archaeologist^[4], pedagogue^[5], historian^[6], and university teacher^[7].

FAQs

Where was Yosef Garfinkel born?

Yosef Garfinkel's place of birth was Haifa^[2].

Who was Yosef Garfinkel married to?

Yosef Garfinkel's spouses include Tal Ilan^[9].

What did Yosef Garfinkel do for work?

Yosef Garfinkel worked as an anthropologist^[3], archaeologist^[4], pedagogue^[5], historian^[6], and university teacher^[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — place of birth (P19): Haifa. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — spouse (P26): Tal Ilan. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — country of citizenship (P27): Israel. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — field of work (P101): archaeology. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — field of work (P101): prehistory and early history. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — field of work (P101): biblical archaeology. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — occupation (P106): anthropologist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — occupation (P106): archaeologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — occupation (P106): pedagogue. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — occupation (P106): historian. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — occupation (P106): university teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — employer (P108): Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-10. pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — date of birth (P569): 1956. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — date of birth (P569): July 23, 1956. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 2025-03-06. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — given name (P735): Josef. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Yosef Garfinkel — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Hebrew. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.

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21w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Field of work → archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, biblical archaeology

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21w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Field of work → archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, biblical archaeology

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22w ago · Frettiebot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Field of work → archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, biblical archaeology

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of birth → Haifa

Languages spoken, written or signed → English, Hebrew

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