Florentino García Martínez Explained

Florentino García Martínez (born 1942, in Mochales^[1] or Madrid^[2]) is a former Catholic priest, now married and for many years professor of religion and theology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He is a leading expert on messianic ideas in the Dead Sea scrolls.

He is responsible for the standard translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls along with Eibert Tigchelaar: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Study Edition, 2 Volumes, (Leiden/Grand Rapids: Brill/Eerdmans, 1997 & 1998).

García Martínez has put forward an analysis of the material regarding the Wicked Priest found columns 8 to 12 of the Habakkuk Commentary known as the Groningen hypothesis.

García Martínez became a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.^[3]

Publications

Among García Martínez's more recent publications are:

• Echoes from the Caves: Qumran and the New Testament. (García Martínez, F., Ed.). (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009).
• Defining Identities. We, You, and the Other in the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Garcia Martinez, F., Ed.). (Leiden: Brill, 2008).
• Wisdom and apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the biblical tradition. (Garcia Martinez, F., Ed.). (Leuven: Peeters, 2003).

Sources

• Knighthood announcement

Notes and References

1. http://www.molina-aragon.com/index.php?q=node/334 www.molina-aragon.com
2. http://hoogleraren.ub.rug.nl/index.php?page=showPerson&type=hoogleraar&hoogleraar_id=611&lang=en Florentino García Martinez, 1942
3. Web site: Florentino García Martínez . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129234049/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/6075 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 29 January 2016 . 29 January 2016.