Word: avigad
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...archaeologists revealed that several lumps of figured clay called bullae, bought from Arab dealers in 1975, had once been used to mark documents. Nahman Avigad of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem identified the impressions stamped into one piece of clay as coming from the seal of Baruch, son of Neriah, a scribe who recorded the doomsday proclamations of the prophet Jeremiah. Another bore the seal of Yerahme'el, son of King Jehoiakim's son, who the Book of Jeremiah says was sent on an unsuccessful mission to arrest both prophet and scribe - again confirming the existence of biblical characters...
...following students were chosen: Charles H. Ahn, Chemistry and Physics; Jeremy D. Avigad, Mathematics; Kenneth S. Boockvar; Chemistry; William C. Crain, Literature; Randall Fecher, Biology; Mark D. Harris, Philosophy; Anthony S. Laden, Philosophy; Steven D. Levitt, Economics; Arthur S. Long, History; Gary D. Mitchell, Economics; Scott A. Nathan, Fine Arts; and John M. Plotz, History and Literature...
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