Millar Burrows (1889-1980), American scholar

Millar Burrows (1889-1980) was an American scholar.

Biography

American biblical scholar. Millar Burrows (1889-1980) was born in Cincinnati on October 26, 1889. A Presbyterian minister, Burrows was educated at Cornell and Union Theological Seminary (MDiv). After ministering in Texas and teaching at Tusculum College in Tennessee, Burrows earned his Ph.D. from Yale (1925) and then taught at Brown as Assistant Professor of Biblical Literature and History of Religions. Burrows left Brown in 1934 to accept a chair at Yale Divinity School as Winkley Professor of Biblical Theology. From 1950 until 1958 Burrows served as Chairman of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature at Yale Graduate School. Twice he served as the Director of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (1931-32; 1947-48). After the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, Burrows devoted the remainder of his life to their study and significance. His position as Director of the American School of Oriental Research in 1948 gave him the opportunity to evaluate the scrolls at a very early date. He published The Dead Sea Scrolls in 1955 and More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1958 and frequently lectured on their relationship to Judaism and early Christianity. Millar Burrows died in 1980.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Dead Sea Scrolls (1955 Burrows), book
  • Die Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer (1956 Burrows), book (German ed.)
  • Les manuscrits de la Mer Morte (1956 Burrows), book (French ed.)
  • Prima di Cristo: la scoperta dei rotoli del Mar Morto (1956 Burrows), book (Italian ed.)
  • Skriftfynden vid Döda Havet (1957 Burrows), book (Swedish ed.)
  • Los rollos del Mar Muerto (1958 Burrows), book (Spanish ed.)
• More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls (1958 Burrows), book
  • Mehr Klarheit über die Schriftrollen (1958 Burrows), book (German ed.)
  • Nya upptäckter om Dödahavsrullarna (1959 Burrows), book (Swedish ed.)

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