Theodor Gaster
American biblical scholar (1906-1992) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 85
Theodor Herzl Gaster was a British-born American Biblical scholar known for work on comparative religion, mythology and the history of religion.
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He is noted for his books, Thespis: Ritual, Myth, and Drama in the Ancient Near East (1950), The Dead Sea Scriptures, about the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as his one-volume abridgement of Sir James Frazer's massive 13-volume work The Golden Bough, to which Gaster contributed updates, corrections and extensive annotations.
