Miriam Lichtheim
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Miriam Lichtheim (3 May 1914,
Biography
Miriam was born in Istanbul on May 3, 1914, to Richard Lichtheim – a German-born Jewish politician, publicist, and notable Zionist – and his wife Irene (née Hafter), a Sephardic Jew whose first language was Greek. Her older brother, born 1912, was the British Marxist journalist George Lichtheim.[1] From 1913 to 1917, Richard Lichtheim was the successor to Victor Jacobson, representative of the Zionist World Organization in Istanbul. Due to suspicions of espionage, the Lichtheim family returned to Germany in 1919 following the end of World War I.[2]
In 1934, the family emigrated to
After completing her studies, Miriam travelled to the United States in 1941 where she studied and received a Ph.D. in
In 1982 she returned to
Works
In 1973, she published the first volume of the Ancient Egyptian Literature (abbr. AEL), annotated translations of
Publications (selection)
- With Elizabeth Stefanski, 1952: Coptic Ostraca from Medinet Habu. Oriental Institute Publications 71. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
- 1963: "Ancient Egypt: A survey of current historiography", The American Historical Review 69 (1), 30–46. DOI: 10.2307/1904412.
- 1973–1980 (and reprints): Ancient Egyptian literature. A book of readings, 3 volumes, The University of California Press Volume 1, Volume 2 & Volume 3
- 1983: Late Egyptian wisdom literature in the international context: a study of Demotic instructions. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 52. Freiburg (Schweiz); Göttingen: Universitätsverlag; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- 1988: Ancient Egyptian autobiographies chiefly of the Middle Kingdom: A study and an anthology. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 84. Freiburg (Schweiz); Göttingen: Universitätsverlag; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- 1992: Maat in Egyptian Autobiographies and Related Studies. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 120. Freiburg (Schweiz); Göttingen: Universitätsverlag; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- 1997: Moral Values in Ancient Egypt. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 155. Freiburg (Schweiz); Göttingen: Universitätsverlag; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- 1999: Telling it Briefly: A Memoir of My Life. Freiburg (Schweiz): Universitätsverlag.
References
- ^ Memoirs: Hans Jonas, Michigan, 2008 pp. 80–81
- ^ Deutsche Biographie: Richard Lichtheim, https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd11698628X.html#ndbcontent
- ^ Atti del sesto convegno internazionale di Egittologia, Torino, 1996
- ^ "Als die Behörden die Grenze schlossen, wussten sie, was das für die abgewiesenen Juden hiess": Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 11. August 2017