Dead Sea scrolls
Dupont-Sommer became interested in the Dead Sea scrolls not long after they were discovered. His first article on them was published in 1949. Writing in French he soon published an overview of the scrolls, ''Aperçus préliminaires sur les manuscrits de la Mer Morte'', which was translated into English in 1952 as ''The Dead-Sea Scrolls: A Preliminary Survey'' by Margaret Rowley. He was a strong advocate of the Essene connection with the Dead Sea scrolls and in this work he argued for the Essene origin of Christianity. Although his ideas about Christianity were not taken up by the scholarly community, his writings contributed to a better understanding of the scrolls.Partial bibliography
Books
* ''Aperçus préliminaires sur les manuscrits de la mer Morte'', Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris, 1950; ''The Dead-Sea Scrolls: A Preliminary Survey'', trans. E. Margaret Rowley, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. * ''Nouveaux Aperçus sur les manuscrits de la mer Morte'', Adrien-Maisonneuve, 1953 * ''Les écrits esséniens découverts près de la mer Morte'', Payot, 1959Articles
* ''Une bilingue gréco-araméenne d'Aśoka'', Journal Asiatique 246, 1958, pp. 1–48 (with Daniel Schlumberger, Louis Robert, and Emile Benveniste) * ''Une nouvelle inscription araméenne d'Asoka découverte à Kandahar (Afghanistan)'' Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Année 1966 110–Sources
* André Caquot, ''André Dupont-Sommer 1900–1983'' * Jacques Briend, in ''Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls'' Vol.1, Edd. Schiffman, Lawrence H., VanderKam, James C. (Oxford: OUP, 2000) people p. 220–221. * Die essenischen Schriftem vom Toten Meer. Unter Zugrundelegung der Originaltexte übers. von Walter W. Müller. Tübingen, Mohr, 1960. French orientalists University of Paris alumni Semiticists Dead Sea Scrolls Academic staff of the Collège de France Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1900 births 1983 deaths {{France-academic-bio-stub