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==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]] in 1939. When the college was closed by Germans after they invaded Poland he moved to Warsaw. 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.
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* '''1955''' Co-edited first major DSS publication for Cave 1 texts: "Discoveries in the Judaean Desert"
* '''1956''' Heralded by [[Time magazine]] as "the fastest man with a fragment"
* '''1959''' Published "Ten Years of Discovery in the Wilderness of Judaea" describing the
* '''1976''' Published "The Books of Enoch"
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