Émile Puech (born 9 May 1941, at Cazelles de Sébrazac, Estaing, Aveyron,

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) is a French Catholic priest, epigrapher and editor in chief of ''Manuscrits de la mer Morte.'' He is a government employed director of research at Paris' Centre national de la recherche scientifique. He has amended suggested readings and translations of some of the

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, for example 4Q521. He is a member of the editorial board of the scholarly journal '' Antiguo Oriente'' and a frequent contributor of the academic journal '' Revue Biblique''.

Publications

* É. Puech, 'À propos de la Jérusalem Nouvelle d'après les manuscrits de la Mer Morte', Semitica 43-4 (1995) 87-102;

References

Living people 1941 births French biblical scholars Roman Catholic biblical scholars Old Testament scholars People from Aveyron French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists Academic staff of École Biblique {{france-RC-clergy-stub