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Carl Hermann Kraeling
Born	March 10, 1897 Brooklyn, New York
Died	November 14, 1966(1966-11-14) (aged 69) New Haven
Citizenship	US
Alma mater	Columbia University, Lutheran Theological Seminary (B.D.)
Occupation(s)	theologian, historian, archaeologist
Known for	publications on the synagogue and the Christian chapel of Dura-Europos president of the American Schools of Oriental Research

Carl Hermann Kraeling (1897–1966), an American theologian, historian, and archaeologist; born in Brooklyn on March 10, 1897, and died in New Haven on November 14, 1966; he is known for his publications on the synagogue and the Christian chapel of Dura-Europos.

He studied at Columbia University, and earned his B.D. from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1926. He taught New Testament Studies at the Yale University and established the department of Near Eastern languages and Civilizations there.

Kraeling served as the president of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) from 1949 to 1954. He supported the continued study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and encouraged humanitarian awareness for Near Eastern refugees during a turbulent period in the area's history. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1958.

Works

• Anthropos and Son of Man (1927)
• Gerasa, City of the Decapolis (1938)
• John the Baptist, (New York, 1951)
• The Synagogue, The Excavations at Dura-Europos, Final Report VIII.1 (New Haven, 1956)

References

1. William F. Albright, Carl Herman Kraeling – In Menoriam The American Schools of Oriental Research (1970), p. 4
2. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.

Bibliography

• J. S. Thacher, "Carl H. Kraeling (1897-1966)", Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 21 (1967), 7 ;
• W. F. Albright, "Carl Herman Kraeling: In Memoriam", Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 189 (avril 1970), 4-7.
• William F. Albright, Carl Herman Kraeling – In Menoriam The American Schools of Oriental Research (1970), p. 4 ff

v t e Dura-Europos
Buildings	Brothel Church Mithraeum Synagogue Dolicheneum House of Priests Necropolis Temple Temple of Adonis Temple of Aphlad Temple of Artemis-Nanaia Temple of Artemis Azzanathkona Temple of Atargatis Temple of Bel Temple of the Gadde Temple of Zeus Kyrios Temple of Zeus Megistos Temple of Zeus Theos Palace of the Dux Ripae
Artefacts	Feriale Duranum Parchment 24 Route map Sator Square Scutum Statue of Hercules Homeric shield
History	Cohors XX Palmyrenorum Siege of Dura-Europos (256)
Archaeologists	James Henry Breasted Robert du Mesnil du Buisson Franz Cumont Clark Hopkins Susan M. Hopkins Carl Hermann Kraeling Michael Rostovtzeff Herbert Gute

• 1897 births
• 1966 deaths
• American Christian theologians
• People from Brooklyn
• Columbia University alumni
• Yale University faculty
• 20th-century American historians
• 20th-century American male writers
• 20th-century American archaeologists
• Historians from New York (state)
• American male non-fiction writers
• Members of the American Philosophical Society