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Episode 23: Chasing Ancient Texts: Bobby Duke's Path from Qumran to Chief Curator

Episode 23: Chasing Ancient Texts: Bobby Duke's Path from Qumran to Chief Curator

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Join us for a fascinating deep dive into the Dead Sea Scrolls with Dr. Robert "Bobby" Duke, chief curatorial officer at Museum of the Bible and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. In this episode, with Museum of the Bible’s President and CEO, Dr. Carlos Campo, Duke shares what these ancient texts reveal about Scripture, Second Temple Judaism, and the transmission of the Bible.


Guest bio:

  • Dr. Robert "Bobby" Duke serves as the Chief Curatorial Officer and as the Director of the Scholars Initiative at Museum of the Bible. Bobby earned both his PhD and MA in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from UCLA, as well as an MA in Hebrew Bible from Jerusalem University College and a theology degree from Multnomah University.

Show Notes

  • museumofthebible.org/exhibits/dead-sea-scrolls-the-exhibition

  • Israel Antiquities Authority - iaa.org.il/en

  • Amazon Link to Dr. Duke's Books - “Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary” and “The Social Location of the Visions of Amram (4Q543-547) (Studies in Biblical Literature)”

  • museumofthebible.org/exhibits/megiddo

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