David Noel Freedman

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The Reverend David Noel Freedman
Born	Noel Freedman (1922-05-12)May 12, 1922 New York City, US
Died	April 8, 2008(2008-04-08) (aged 85) Petaluma, California, US
Spouse	Cornelia Pryor Freedman ​ ​ (m. 1944; died 2005)​
Parents	Beatrice Freedman David Freedman
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Presbyterian)
Church	? United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Presbyterian Church (USA)[1]
Ordained	1944
Academic background
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles Princeton Theological Seminary Johns Hopkins University
Thesis	The Evolution of Early Hebrew Orthography (1948)
Doctoral advisor	William F. Albright
Academic work
Discipline	Biblical studies
Institutions	Pittsburgh Theological Seminary San Francisco Theological Seminary University of Michigan University of California, San Diego
Notable students	Kent P. Jackson
Main interests	Dead Sea Scrolls
Influenced	Laura Lederer[2] Kenneth Mathews[3]

David Noel Freedman (May 12, 1922 – April 8, 2008) was an American 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. He is the son of the writer David Freedman. He died of a heart ailment.^[4]