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Line 1: {{no footnotes\|date=January 2013}} '''Józef Tadeusz Milik''' (Seroczyn, [[Poland]], March 24, 1922 – [[Paris]], January 6, 2006) was a Polish [[biblical scholar]] and a ~~former~~ Catholic priest. HeBesides ~~was~~his ~~fluent in~~native [[Polish language\|Polish]], he was fluent in, [[Russian language\|Russian]], [[Italian language\|Italian]], [[French language\|French]], [[German language\|German]], and [[English language\|English]] plus many ancient languages Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Syriac, Old Church Slavonic, Arabic, Georgian, Ugaritic, Akkadian, Sumerian, Egyptian, and Hittite. Milik published more texts of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] (DSS) than any other original team member~~; nevertheless, since he did not complete all the work on his portion, he is assigned a major share of the blame for the Scrolls not being published for almost forty years~~. ==Biography== He was born into a peasant family in a small village in central Poland. His father despite being a farmer was interested in science, educated himself and gatherd a rich library. He influenced his son who finished a gymnasium in Siedlce and later entered the theological college in Płock. After the World War II he was studying at Catholic University of Lublin and in 1946 was ordained a priest. Józef Milik deciphered hundreds of the texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls as a member of the publication team. He started translating and publishing them in the early 1950s while a student at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.<ref>http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/cast-of-characters/</ref> Then he joined the [[Roland de Vaux]]’s team and helped to discover Cave 3, excavated and unearthed hundreds of fragments from Cave 4, and took part in the discovery and excavations of Caves 5 and 6. He would later become one of the most essential participants of the translation and publication team. ==Milestones== Line 19 ⟶ 26: * [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article341010.ece The Independent's obituary] * {{cite journal \| author=Shanks, Hershel \| year=2006 \| title=Milestones: Jozef Milik (1922-2006) \| journal=[[Biblical Archaeology Review]] \| volume=32:3 \| issue=May/June \| pages=18}} * [http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/cast-of-characters/ The Prodigious Priest: Jozef T. Milik] {{reflist}} {{Dead Sea Scrolls}}

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