Johannes P.M. van der Ploeg (1909-2004), scholar

Johannes P.M. van der Ploeg (1909-2004) was a Dutch scholar. Professor of Old Testament and Semitics at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (now Radboud University), from 1951 until 1979; and, since his consecration by H.H. Patriarch Tappouni in 1963, a chorbishop of the Syrian-Catholic Church. Published important studies and translations in the field of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Works

Books

• Vondsten in de woestijn van Juda (1957 Ploeg), book
  • The Excavations at Qumran (1958 Ploeg), book (English ed.)
  • Funde in der Wüste Juda (1959 Ploeg), book (German ed.)

• Le rouleau de la guerre (The War Scroll / 1959 Ploeg), book

• Le Targum de Job de la grotte XI de Qumrân (1971 Ploeg/Woude), book

Edited volumes

• La secte de Qumrân et les origines du Christianisme (1959 Ploeg), edited volume

External links

• Journal of Syriac Studies