John C. Trever (November 26, 1916 – April 29, 2006) was a Biblical scholar and archaeologist, who was involved in the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. [1] Trever received a degree (B.D.) from Yale Divinity School and a Ph.D. in Old Testament studies from Yale Graduate School.

Aug 10, 2006 · John C. Trever, the American scholar who photographed the Great Isaiah Scroll and other important Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts in Jerusalem in 1948, died April 29, at his home in Lake Forest, California. He was born November 26, 1915, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

May 4, 2006 · John C. Trever, one of the first Americans to examine the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948 and whose photographs of the ancient texts also became important historical documents, has died. He was 90.

Apr 26, 2006 · Dr Trever, who was the last surviving member of the original group of Western scholars to study the scrolls, died Saturday at his home in Lake Forest, As an American student in Jerusalem, Trever came face-to-face with the scrolls when Syrian monks brought them to be evaluated at what is now the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research.

Feb 4, 2013 · Dr. John C. Trever, a Fellow of the School, examined it and recognized the similarity of the script to that of the Nash Papyrus – believed by many scholars to be the oldest known copy of...

Minister, educator, and author. A Methodist minister and professor of religion, Trever became famous for being the first Western scholar to photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls, which soon became a focus of his research work.

May 5, 2006 · LAKE FOREST, Calif., May 4 (AP) — John C. Trever, the American scholar who photographed the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem in 1948, died on Saturday at his home here. He was 90. His death was...

May 5, 2006 · >John Trever, one of the first scholars who evaluated the Dead Sea Scrolls when they were discovered in 1948, has died at the age of 90. The Los Angeles Times has published a detailed obituary of John Trever.

ALL JOHN TREVER INTENDED to do was to study and photograph the plants of the Holy Land. But a telephone call on February 18, 1948, changed the young Methodist scholar’s life-and the course of biblical studies—forever.