Józef T. Milik (1922-2006), Polish-French scholar

Józef Tadeusz Milik (1922-2006) was a Polish scholar.

Biography

Born in Seroczyn, Poland. Was ordered as a Catholic priest in 1946 in Warsaw. A student of the Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, became the driving force behind the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In 1969 left the priesthood and settled in Paris at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, until his retirement in 1987.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• (with Jean-Dominique Barthélemy). Qumran Cave I (Oxford 1955)
• Dix ans de découvertes dans le Désert de Juda (1957 Milik), book
  • 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.)
• The Books of Enoch: Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4 (1976 Milik), book

External links

Wikipedia