Ernest-Marie Laperrousaz
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Ernest-Marie Laperrousaz (1924-) is a French historian and archaeologist. As an archaeologist he worked at Qumran
and Masada
. He has published numerous books including works on Qumran and the context of the Dead Sea Scrolls
.
Laperrousaz is now professeur honoraire of the religious studies faculty of the École pratique des hautes études
and was formerly the director of that institution. He was a resident at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem
. He has long been acquainted with Qumran, having been a participant in the excavations directed by Roland de Vaux
from 1953 to 1956. From 1970 to 1995 Laperrousaz continued an archaeological mission to Jerusalem and the Qumran area on a yearly basis. Always a strong believer in the Qumran-Essene hypothesis, he differed with de Vaux over interpretations of the site of Qumran. His most influential work is Qoumran: L'Etablissement essénien des bord de la Mer Morte: Histoire et archéologie du site, an independent study of the archaeology of Qumran.
Laperrousaz has been a prolific writer on archaeological subjects in French. Among his books are:
Qumran
Qumran is an archaeological site in the West Bank. It is located on a dry plateau about a mile inland from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz of Kalia...
and Masada
Masada
Masada is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South District of Israel, on top of an isolated rock plateau, or horst, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea. Masada is best known for the violence that occurred there in the first century CE...
. He has published numerous books including works on Qumran and the context of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dead Sea scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, from which they derive their name...
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Laperrousaz is now professeur honoraire of the religious studies faculty of the École pratique des hautes études
École pratique des hautes études
The École pratique des hautes études is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions....
and was formerly the director of that institution. He was a resident at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem
École Biblique
The École Biblique, strictly the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, is a respected French academic establishment in Jerusalem, founded by Dominicans, and specialising in archaeology and Biblical exegesis.-Foundation:...
. He has long been acquainted with Qumran, having been a participant in the excavations directed by Roland de Vaux
Roland de Vaux
Father Roland Guérin de Vaux OP was a French Dominican priest who led the Catholic team that initially worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was the director of the Ecole Biblique, a French Catholic Theological School in East Jerusalem, and he was charged with overseeing research on the scrolls...
from 1953 to 1956. From 1970 to 1995 Laperrousaz continued an archaeological mission to Jerusalem and the Qumran area on a yearly basis. Always a strong believer in the Qumran-Essene hypothesis, he differed with de Vaux over interpretations of the site of Qumran. His most influential work is Qoumran: L'Etablissement essénien des bord de la Mer Morte: Histoire et archéologie du site, an independent study of the archaeology of Qumran.
Laperrousaz has been a prolific writer on archaeological subjects in French. Among his books are:
- Les Manuscrits de la mer Morte, Que sais-je, 1961 ; 1984 ; 10th updated edition, 2003.
- Qoumran: L'Etablissement essénien des bord de la Mer Morte: Histoire et archéologie du site, (Paris: Picard, 1976).
- Les Temples de Jérusalem, (Paris: Méditerranée, 2000).
- Jésus : Les questions primordiales, (Edimaf, 2002).