1. Donald Wiseman was Professor of Assyriology at the University of London from 1961 to 1982.
22 Facts About Donald Wiseman
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Donald Wiseman came under the influence of the Crusaders, an evangelical Christian youth organisation, and professed faith at the age of nine, being baptised by full immersion in 1932.
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Donald Wiseman taught himself the Hebrew alphabet from the section headings of Psalm 119.
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Donald Wiseman finished the war as group captain, was twice mentioned in despatches and received an OBE and a Bronze Star.
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Donald Wiseman's citation recorded that "the intelligence material gathered through his selfless and earnest work" had enabled the Allied commanders to plan and launch the air operations which brought victory to the Allied armies in Italy.
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Donald Wiseman studied at Dulwich College and King's College London, where he won the McCaul Hebrew prize.
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Donald Wiseman joined the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union and became its president in 1947.
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Donald Wiseman married Mary Ruoff in 1948, and they had three children.
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Donald Wiseman worked for four years at the British Museum deciphering cuneiform tablets excavated by Leonard Woolley at Alalakh in Syria.
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Donald Wiseman made several trips to Nimrud in modern-day Iraq, compiling a catalogue of the cuneiform tablets unearthed there.
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Donald Wiseman served at different times as director, chairman, president of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, and editor of the school's journal, Iraq.
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Donald Wiseman was a trustee of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, and a founding member of the British Institute in Amman for Archaeology and History.
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Donald Wiseman published a suzerainty treaty that Esarhaddon had made with his vassals, and recognised the connection between this political treaty and biblical covenants.
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Donald Wiseman suggested that Abraham be viewed as a prince or governor, rather than as a seminomad.
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Donald Wiseman questioned the traditional location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, suggesting that the site lay further west, by the river Euphrates, where the foundations of a massive tower had been discovered.
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In 1957, Donald Wiseman proposed the identification of Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel with Cyrus the Great.
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Donald Wiseman was Professor of Assyriology at the University of London from 1961 to 1982.
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Donald Wiseman served as chairman of Tyndale House from 1957 to 1986 and president of the Society for Old Testament Studies.
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Donald Wiseman was chairman of the Scripture Gift Mission from 1978 to 1992, and served for a time on the New International Version Committee on Bible Translation.
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Donald Wiseman was leader of the class at Finchley, which included Cliff Richard.
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Donald Wiseman was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1969 and served as vice-president in 1982 under Sir Isaiah Berlin.
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Donald Wiseman was one of the editors of the New Bible Commentary and the New Bible Dictionary.