William H. Brownlee (1917-1983), scholar

William H. Brownlee (1917-1983) was an American scholar.

Biography

As a junior Fellow at the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem in 1948, Brownlee was among the very first scholars to assess the antiquity and importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls and to publish on the subject. Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate School and Director of the Institute’s Dead Sea Scrolls Project.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Dead Sea Manual of Discipline (1951 Brownlee), book

• The Text of Habakkuk in the Ancient Commentary from Qumran (1959 Brownlee), book

• The Meaning of the Qumran Scrolls for the Bible (1964 Brownlee), book

External links

• [ Wikipedia]