Vaux, Roland de, 1903-1971

Ancient Israel
Book 1961

Summary: Roland Guérin de Vaux was a French Dominican priest who led the Catholic team that initially worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was the director of the École Biblique, a French Catholic Theological School in East Jerusalem, and he was charged with overseeing research on the scrolls. His team excavated the ancient site of Khirbet Qumran (1951–1956) as well as several caves near Qumran northwest of the Dead Sea. The excavations were led by Ibrahim El-Assouli, caretaker of the Palestine Archaeological Museum, or what came to be known as the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1903 [2]; 1903-12-17 [5]
Birth Place: Paris [3]; 16th arrondissement of Paris [5]
Died: 1971 [2]; 1971-09-10 [5]
Death Place: Jérusalem [3]; Jerusalem [5]
Country: France [2]
Language: French [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; archaeologist [5]; Catholic priest [5]; friar [5]
Profession: Alttestamentler [2]
Employer: French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem [5]
Educated at: University of Paris [5]
Country of Education: France [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]
Oxford Reference: Overview [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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