Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
David Noel Freedman

Born: May 22, 1922
Died: April 8, 2008 (aged 85)
Bio: David Noel Freedman, son of the writer David Freedman, was a biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist, and, after his conversion from Judaism, a Presbyterian minister. He was one of the first Americans to work on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Known for:
- The Nine Commandments (2000)
- Pottery, poetry, and prophecy (1980)
- Psalm 119: The Exaltation of Torah (1999)
- The Biblical archaeologist reader (1957)