Géza Vermes or Vermès (ˈɡeːzɒ ˈvɛrmɛʃ, born 22 June 1924) is a British scholar of Jewish Hungarian origin and writer on religious history, particularly Jewish

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

 and Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

. He is a noted authority on 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...

 and other ancient works in Aramaic, and on the life and religion of Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

. He is one of the most important voices in contemporary Jesus research, and he has been described as the greatest Jesus scholar of his time.