Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)