Amnon Netzer
Amnon Netzer | |
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אמנון נצר | |
| Born | April 9, 1934 Rasht, Iran |
| Died | February 15, 2008 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | writer, historian |
| Title | Amnon Netzer at Iranian Conference, Hamburg, 2007 |
Amnon Netzer (Hebrew: אמנון נצר; April 9, 1934 – February 15, 2008) was an Iranian-born Israeli historian, researcher, professor and journalist. Netzer was a leading authority on Iranian history and culture as well as Persian and Judeo-Persian languages. Netzer founded Israel Broadcasting Authority's Persian Service in 1958 and was a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem until his death in 2008.