Doyen of the Dead Sea Scrolls: An in Depth Biography of Jozef Tadeusz Milik (1922-2006) Tapa dura - 2011

Krakow-Mogilany: The Enigma Press, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16x23,5 cm. ISBN: 978-83-86110-73-5 Description: hardback, XII+239 pp. (16x23,5cm), XVI pls. Condition: very good Weight: 555g. Zdzislaw J. Kapera, Robert Feather, Doyen of the Dead Sea Scrolls, An in depth biography of Jozef Tadeusz Milik (1922-2006), Qumranica Mogilanensia 17, The Enigma Press 2011 This is the first book on the life and work of Józef Tadeusz Milik (1922-2006), a great Biblical and Semitic scholar, one of the pillars of Qumran studies, once called "the fastest man with a fragment", the main decipherer and publisher of scrolls from the Judaean Desert in the 1950s and 1960s, one of the creators of the Essene hypothesis, and also a foremost Nabataean epigrapher. Some od his great contributions to Scrolls research still await publication. Zdzislaw J. Kapera presents a preliminary, but fully documented, account of Milik's family background and his scholarly career,… Leer más