Millar Burrows ( Wyoming, Ohio, October 26, 1889 – April 29, 1980) was an American biblical scholar, a leading authority on the Dead Sea scrolls and professor emeritus at Yale Divinity School. [1] Burrows was director of American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (now the William F. Albright School of Archaeological Research), [2] and later president of the American Schools of Oriental Research. [3] His grandson, Edwin G. Burrows (1943–2018), was an American historian and winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1999). [4] His great-granddaughter, Kate Burrows, is a professor of public health at the University of Chicago. [5]
Burrows was born on October 26, 1889, in Wyoming, Ohio. [6] He was one of three sons born to Edwin Jones, a businessman, and Katharine Douglas (Millar) Burrows. [7] He studied at Cornell University, graduating in 1912. [8] He then attended the Union Theological Seminary, New York, to train for ordination, and he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1915. [6]
While working as a minister, Burrows also undertook part-time graduate studies. He studied for his doctorate at Yale University under Charles Cutler Torrey, and he graduated in 1925. His dissertation was titled "The Literary Relations of Ezekiel". [6]
In 1915, Burrows was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church. [8] Then, from 1915 to 1919, he ministered at a rural church in Texas. [6] For the next year he supervised a survey for the Texas Interchurch World Movement. [6] From 1920 to 1923, he was a pastor and taught the Bible at Tusculum College in Tennessee. [6] [8]
Burrows was internationally known for his prompt editing of the Dead Sea manuscripts of Cave One, [9] [10] and was able to communicate the results of research in language understandable to the public. [11] Burrows gave working names to several of the scrolls, such as the "Manual of Discipline" to 1QS. [12] Burrows worked on the Isaiah scroll, [13] pointing out its consistency with the Masoretic text. [14]
Burrows also wrote on the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. On the Bible he once noted that it is concerned with three subjects: religion, agriculture, and war. [15]
Millar Burrows was born in Ohio in the town of Wyoming (now a part of Cincinnati ) on October 26, 1889. He is one of the three sons of Edwin Jones and Katharine Douglas (Millar) Burrows. His father was a businessman.
Millar Burrows ( Wyoming, Ohio, October 26, 1889 – April 29, 1980) was an American biblical scholar, a leading authority on the Dead Sea scrolls and professor emeritus at Yale Divinity School. [1] Burrows was director of American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (now the William F. Albright School of Archaeological Research), [2] and later president of the American Schools of Oriental Research. [3] His grandson, Edwin G. Burrows (1943–2018), was an American historian and winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1999). [4] His great-granddaughter, Kate Burrows, is a professor of public health at the University of Chicago. [5]
Burrows was born on October 26, 1889, in Wyoming, Ohio. [6] He was one of three sons born to Edwin Jones, a businessman, and Katharine Douglas (Millar) Burrows. [7] He studied at Cornell University, graduating in 1912. [8] He then attended the Union Theological Seminary, New York, to train for ordination, and he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1915. [6]
While working as a minister, Burrows also undertook part-time graduate studies. He studied for his doctorate at Yale University under Charles Cutler Torrey, and he graduated in 1925. His dissertation was titled "The Literary Relations of Ezekiel". [6]
In 1915, Burrows was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church. [8] Then, from 1915 to 1919, he ministered at a rural church in Texas. [6] For the next year he supervised a survey for the Texas Interchurch World Movement. [6] From 1920 to 1923, he was a pastor and taught the Bible at Tusculum College in Tennessee. [6] [8]
Burrows was internationally known for his prompt editing of the Dead Sea manuscripts of Cave One, [9] [10] and was able to communicate the results of research in language understandable to the public. [11] Burrows gave working names to several of the scrolls, such as the "Manual of Discipline" to 1QS. [12] Burrows worked on the Isaiah scroll, [13] pointing out its consistency with the Masoretic text. [14]
Burrows also wrote on the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. On the Bible he once noted that it is concerned with three subjects: religion, agriculture, and war. [15]
Millar Burrows was born in Ohio in the town of Wyoming (now a part of Cincinnati ) on October 26, 1889. He is one of the three sons of Edwin Jones and Katharine Douglas (Millar) Burrows. His father was a businessman.