Millar Burrows (1889-1980), American scholar
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Millar Burrows (1889-1980) was an American scholar.
Biography
Borni in Cincinnati, OH. Student at Cornell University and the Union Theological Seminary. Ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in 1915. PhD (1925) at Yale University. Taught at Brown University (1925-1950) and Yale University (1950-1958). Director if the American School of Oriental research in Jerusalem in 1931-32 and again 1947-48. Among the very first scholars to study the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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