Theodor Gaster

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Theodor Herzl Gaster (1906 - 1992) was a Romanian-born American Biblical scholar known for work on comparative religion, mythology and the history of religions. He is noted for his book, "The Dead Sea Scriptures", about the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as his one-volume abridgement of Sir James Frazer's massive 13-volume work "The Golden Bough," to which Gaster contributed updates, corrections and extensive annotations.

His father was the scholar and rabbi Moses Gaster.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Thespis: Ritual, Myth, and Drama in the Ancient Near East. 1961.


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