Józef Tadeusz Milik (Seroczyn, Poland, 24 March 1922 – Paris, 6 January 2006) was a Polish biblical scholar and a Catholic priest, researcher of the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) through the deserts of Judea/Jordan, and translator and editor of the Book of Enoch in Aramaic (fragments).

[1] He was fluent in Russian, Italian, French, German, and English besides his native Polish, plus many ancient and dead languages including Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Syriac, Old Church Slavonic, Arabic, Georgian, Ugaritic, Akkadian, Sumerian, Egyptian, and Hittite.

[2] Józef Milik deciphered hundreds of the texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls as a member of the publication team.

Although he published more new Dead Sea Scrolls texts than any other scholar, he had too many documents assigned to him, which slowed the overall progress of publication; additionally, his work began to suffer later in life as a result of alcohol use disorder.

[2] After moving to Paris, Milik worked as a researcher for the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique until his retirement in 1987.