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'''Józef Tadeusz  Milik''' (1922-2006) was a Polish scholar.
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==Biography==
'''Józef Tadeusz  Milik''' (1922-2006) was a Polish scholar, active mainly in France, one of the leading Qumran specialists of his generation, and the editor of the Aramaic fragments of the [[First Book of Enoch]]. Jozef Tadeusz (J.T.) Milik was born in Seroczyn, Poland (near Warsaw) on March 24, 1922.  Milik was one of the first generation of Qumran scholars and perhaps the most brilliant.  Educated at the Catholic University of Lublin, the Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.  His knowledge of language was vast.  Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1946 in Warsaw.  In 1951 Roland de Vaux invited Milik to work on the scrolls with his team in Jerusalem.  Milik developed a reputation for efficiently organizing and identifying scroll fragments.  Milik aggressively published the scrolls that were entrusted to him.  He published more texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls than any other of the original DSS scholars, co-edited ''Discoveries in the Judaean Desert'' (''DJD'') in 1955, which published the Cave 1 scrolls, and published still more texts in the 1960’s in successive ''DJD'' volumes. In spite of this impressive publication record, Milik has received a large share of the blame for the delays in publication.  Milik married in 1969, leaving the priesthood, and settled in Paris at the ''Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique'' until his retirement in 1987.  Milik died in Paris on January 6, 2006.
Polish Catholic Qumran scholar. Jozef Tadeusz (J.T.) Milik was born in Seroczyn, Poland (near Warsaw) on March 24, 1922.  Milik was one of the first generation of Qumran scholars and perhaps the most brilliant.  Educated at the Catholic University of Lublin, the Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.  His knowledge of language was vast.  Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1946 in Warsaw.  In 1951 Roland de Vaux invited Milik to work on the scrolls with his team in Jerusalem.  Milik developed a reputation for efficiently organizing and identifying scroll fragments.  Milik aggressively published the scrolls that were entrusted to him.  He published more texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls than any other of the original DSS scholars, co-edited ''Discoveries in the Judaean Desert'' (''DJD'') in 1955, which published the Cave 1 scrolls, and published still more texts in the 1960’s in successive ''DJD'' volumes. In spite of this impressive publication record, Milik has received a large share of the blame for the delays in publication.  Milik married in 1969, leaving the priesthood, and settled in Paris at the ''Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique'' until his retirement in 1987.  Milik died in Paris on January 6, 2006.
 
==Works==


==Works on Second Temple Judaism==
====Books====
====Books====
*(with [[Jean-Dominique Barthélemy]]). ''Qumran Cave I'' (Oxford 1955)  
*(with [[Jean-Dominique Barthélemy]]). ''Qumran Cave I'' (Oxford 1955)  
*[[Dix ans de découvertes dans le Désert de Juda (1957 Milik), book]]
*[[Dix ans de découvertes dans le Désert de Juda (1957 Milik), book]]
**[[Dieci anni di scoperte nel deserto di Giuda (1957 Milik), book (Italian ed.)]]
**[[Dieci anni di scoperte nel deserto di Giuda = Dix ans de découvertes dans le Désert de Juda (1957 @1957 / Milik / Rinaldi), book (Italian ed.)]]
**[[Ten Years of Discoveries in the Wilderness of Judaea (1959 Milik), book (English ed.)]]
**[[Ten Years of Discoveries in the Wilderness of Judaea (1959 Milik), book (English ed.)]]
**[[Dziesiec lat odkryc na pustyni judzkiej (1968 Milik), book (Polish ed.)]]  
**[[Dziesiec lat odkryc na pustyni judzkiej = Dix ans de découvertes dans le Désert de Juda (Ten Years of Discoveries in the Wilderness of Judaea / 1968 @1957 Milik / Kubiak), book (Polish ed.)]]  
 
*[[The Books of Enoch: Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4 (1976 Milik), book]]
*[[The Books of Enoch: Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4 (1976 Milik), book]]
*[[Qumrân grotte 4.II (Qumran Cave 4.II / DJD 6 / 1977 Vaux, Milik), book]]
====Essays====
*[[Note sui manoscritti di 'Ain Fešha (1950 Milik), essay]]
*[[Il rotolo frammentario di Isaia (1950 Milik), essay]]
*[[Le giarre dei manoscritti della grotta del Mar Morto e dell'Egitto Tolemaico (1950 Milik), essai]]
*[[Dead Sea Scrolls Fragment of the Book of Enoch (1951 Milik), essay]]
*[[Manuale disciplinae (1951 Milik), essay]]
*[[Hénoch au pays des aromates, ch 27 à 32: fragments araméens de la grotte 4 de Qumrân (1958 Milik), essay]]
*[[Problèmes de la littérature hénochique à la lumière des fragments araméens de Qumrân (1971 Milik), essay]]


==External links==
==External links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Milik Wikipedia] / [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Tadeusz_Milik Wikipedia.pl] / [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Milik Wikipedia.fr]


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Latest revision as of 20:05, 24 November 2019

Józef T. Milik

Józef Tadeusz Milik (1922-2006) was a Polish scholar, active mainly in France, one of the leading Qumran specialists of his generation, and the editor of the Aramaic fragments of the First Book of Enoch. Jozef Tadeusz (J.T.) Milik was born in Seroczyn, Poland (near Warsaw) on March 24, 1922. Milik was one of the first generation of Qumran scholars and perhaps the most brilliant. Educated at the Catholic University of Lublin, the Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. His knowledge of language was vast. Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1946 in Warsaw. In 1951 Roland de Vaux invited Milik to work on the scrolls with his team in Jerusalem. Milik developed a reputation for efficiently organizing and identifying scroll fragments. Milik aggressively published the scrolls that were entrusted to him. He published more texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls than any other of the original DSS scholars, co-edited Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (DJD) in 1955, which published the Cave 1 scrolls, and published still more texts in the 1960’s in successive DJD volumes. In spite of this impressive publication record, Milik has received a large share of the blame for the delays in publication. Milik married in 1969, leaving the priesthood, and settled in Paris at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique until his retirement in 1987. Milik died in Paris on January 6, 2006.

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