Trever, John Cecil

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TREVER, John Cecil

TREVER, John Cecil. American, b. 1915. Genres: Archaeology/Antiquities, Photography, Theology/Religion. Career: Voluntary Director, Dead Sea Scrolls Project, School of Theology at Claremont, California, 1980-92 (Director, DSS Project, and Co-ordinator of Lay Education, 1975-80). Assoc Professor of Old Testament, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1944-47; Director, Dept of English Bible, National Council of Churches, 1948-53; A.J. Humphreys Professor of Religion, Morris Harvey College, Charleston, W. Virginia, 1953-59; Professor of Religion, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1959-75. Publications: (with M. Burrows and W. Brownlee) The Dead Sea Scrolls of St. Mark's Monastery, vol I-II, 1950-51; The Cradle of Our Faith: The Holy Land, 1954; The Untold Story of Qumran, 1965; Scrolls from Qumran Cave I, 1972; A Sound Approach to Bible Study, 1976; The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Personal Account, 1978, 1988; The Bible and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, 1989; The Dead Sea Scrolls in Perspective, forthcoming. Address: 23442 El Toro Rd #E-370, Lake Forest, CA 92630, U.S.A.

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