Name Donald Parry Role Professor | Education University of Utah | |
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Occupation Professor, Author, Editor Notable works 1) The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader (6 Volumes) Emanuel Tov and Parry
2) Dead Sea Scrolls Handbook. [Hebrew, with English intro.] Devorah Dimant and Parry People also search for Stephen D. Ricks, Emanuel Tov, John W. Welch Books Temples of the Ancient World, Understanding Isaiah, Understanding the signs of the times, Visualizing Isaiah, Illuminating the Dead Sea Scrolls | ||
Angels chariots and the lord of hosts by donald w parry
Donald W. Parry Ph.D. is a professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. He holds the Abraham O. Smoot Professorship. He is the author and editor of many works related to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Old Testament. He has been a member of the International Team of Translators of the Dead Sea Scrolls since January 1994. He also serves as a member of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation Board of Advisors, 2008–present.
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Biography
Parry was born in Idaho to Atwell Parry, a former Idaho state senator, and Elaine Parry. He is the fourth child of seven. At the age of eleven, he moved with his family to a neighboring town, where he worked in his father's grocery store. He married his college sweetheart, Camille and they are the parents of six children.
He has authored or edited more than thirty books, and has written and published more than eighty articles.
In addition to writing six books on Isaiah, Parry brings twenty-one years of work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. As one of the scrolls' international team of translators, he has published the Books of Samuel and has authored or edited more than fifteen volumes on the Dead Sea Scrolls. These include scholarly works as well as publications for popular audiences.
He is a member of several other organizations, including the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (Groningen, The Netherlands), Society for Biblical Literature (Atlanta, Georgia), and the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (Madison, Wisconsin).