John M. Allegro

John Marco Allegro
John Allegro
Born(1923-02-17)17 February 1923
Balham, South London, UK[1]
Died17 February 1988(1988-02-17) (aged 65)
Sandbach, Cheshire, UK[2]
Known forThe Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, Dead Sea Scrolls studies
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology

John Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. He was a populariser of the Dead Sea Scrolls through his books and radio broadcasts. He was the editor of some of the most famous and controversial scrolls published, the pesharim. A number of Allegro's later books, including The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, brought him both popular fame and notoriety, and also complicated his career.

  1. ^ Weston W. Fields (2009). The Dead Sea Scrolls, A Full History. Vol. 1. Leiden: Brill. p. 211. ISBN 978-9004175815.
  2. ^ Jan Irvin; Andrew Rutajit (2009). Astrotheology and Shamanism. Gnostic Media Research & Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978-1439222423.