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Vale Professor Takamitsu Muraoka FAHA 1938 – 2026

The Australian Academy of the Humanities acknowledges, with deep sadness, the death of Professor Takamitsu Muraoka FAHA.

Takamitsu was elected to the Academy as a Fellow in 1984 as a leader in Biblical Studies with a mastery of Greek, Hebrew (classical and modern), Aramaic, Syriac and Ethiopic.

He became a Corresponding Fellow after moving to Leiden University, The Netherlands in 1991 to take the chair of Hebrew Language and Literature, Israelite Antiquities, and Ugaritic, a post he would hold until his retirement in 2003.

We extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. He will be greatly missed.

An obituary is being prepared by the Fellowship and will be available in due course.

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