Ben Zion Wacholder z”l
The important scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Judaism, Ben Zion Wacholder, has passed away. יהי זכרו ברוך.
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March 30th, 2011 at 8:47 am
Ben Zion Wacholder was the man who broke the monopoly on the scrolls by brainstorming the reverse engineering of the concordances. The resultant text was over 97% accurate, and led to the full release of the texts to the world after decades of gridlock.
For scholars of any religion, he was a hero.
And for those of us who met him — he was a most unassuming and kind hero. He will be missed.