Roland de Vaux

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Catholic priest Dominican archaeologist biblical scholar human

Roland de Vaux was a French Dominican priest, biblical scholar, and archaeologist best known for his leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem and his influential work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Israelite history.

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Label	Occurrences
Roland de Vaux canonical	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic priest ⓘ Dominican ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ
affiliation	École Biblique ⓘ surface form: École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
areaOfInfluence	20th-century archaeology of Palestine ⓘ Catholic biblical scholarship ⓘ
clergyType	Roman Catholic priest ⓘ
conductedExcavationsAt	Qumran ⓘ surface form: Khirbet Qumran Qumran ⓘ
contributedTo	archaeological methodology in the Levant ⓘ interpretation of the Qumran community ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ
educatedAt	École Biblique ⓘ surface form: École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
fieldOfWork	Old Testament studies ⓘ Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ surface form: Syro-Palestinian archaeology biblical studies ⓘ history of ancient Israel ⓘ
genre	biblical commentary ⓘ historical study ⓘ
influenced	modern understanding of ancient Israelite society ⓘ scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ
knownFor	excavations at Qumran ⓘ leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem ⓘ research on the Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ studies of ancient Israelite institutions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
memberOf	Order of Preachers ⓘ
nationality	French ⓘ
notableWork	Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions ⓘ Les Institutions de l’Ancien Testament ⓘ
occupation	Catholic priest ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ
order	Dominican friars ⓘ surface form: Dominican Order
positionHeld	director of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
studied	Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ surface form: the Dead Sea Scrolls Tanakh ⓘ surface form: the Old Testament the history of ancient Israel ⓘ
taughtAt	École Biblique ⓘ surface form: École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
workLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ

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Subject: Roland de Vaux
Description of subject: Roland de Vaux was a French Dominican priest, biblical scholar, and archaeologist best known for his leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem and his influential work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Israelite history.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

École Biblique → hasNotableScholar → Roland de Vaux ⓘ

Qumran → excavatedBy → Roland de Vaux ⓘ