Services were held here yesterday for Dr. Nelson Glueck, 70, the educator and archaeologist, who died of cancer here last Friday night. Dr. Glueck, who had been president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion since 1947, located the site of King Solomon’s mines; determined the ancient borders of Edom, Moab and Ammon, and disclosed that the Negev had been inhabited as early as 4,000 B.C. His books included “Explorations in Eastern Palestine,” a four-volume work; “The Other Side of the Jordan,” “The River Jordan,” “Rivers in the Desert: A History of the Negev” and “Deities and Dolphins: The Story of the Nabataeans.” Ordained as a rabbi in 1923, at the age of 22, Dr. Glueck received his Ph. D, from the University of Jena in Germany, and , although he never headed a congregation, he delivered a benediction at the 1961 inaugural of President Kennedy. He was awarded honorary degrees from 20 colleges and universities.
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