Ian Werrett
Dr. Ian Werrett is a professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Saint Martin's University and an internationally recognized expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls. His areas of interest and expertise include ancient Judaism, early Christianity, religious sectarianism, Greco-Roman libraries, and modern theories of religion. A former director of the Spiritual Life Institute at Saint Martin’s University (2006-2016) and author of a monograph entitled Ritual Purity and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill, 2007), Werrett received a B.A. in English Literature and Religious Studies from Saint Martin's College in 1996, a M.A. in Biblical Studies from Trinity Western University, British Columbia, Canada, in 2000, and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies and Second Temple Judaism from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, in 2006.