Norman Snaith
Norman Snaith | |
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| Born | Norman Henry Snaith |
| Died | 1982 (aged 83–84) |
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| Occupation | Scholar |
Norman Henry Snaith (1898–1982) was a British Old Testament scholar and a professor at Wesley College, Leeds.
Education and early life
[edit]Snaith was the son of a Primitive Methodist minister. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, reading mathematics before studying Semitic languages under George Buchanan Gray at Mansfield College.
Career
[edit]Snaith became a Primitive Methodist minister, taking up pastoral work until appointed Professor of Old Testament at Wesley College in 1936. He became Principal of Wesley College in 1954, and retired in 1961.[1] In 1957, Snaith was president of the Society for Old Testament Study.[1]
Publications by Snaith
[edit]- Studies in the Psalter, 1934
- The distinctive ideas of the Old Testament, 1944
- Notes on the Hebrew text of 2 Samuel, XVI-XIX (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
- The Book of Job (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
- Notes on the Hebrew text of Job, I-VI (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
- The Psalms; a short introduction (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
- Notes on the Hebrew text of Isaiah, chapters XXVIII-XXXII (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
- Notes on the Hebrew text of Jeremiah, chapters III, VII and XXXI (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
- Notes in the Hebrew text of Jonah (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
- The Book of Amos; pt. 1: Introduction (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1946
- The Book of Amos; pt. 2: Translation and notes (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1946
- Notes on the Hebrew text of Genesis I-VIII (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1947
- The Jewish New Year festival, 1948
- The Jews from Cyrus to Herod, 1949
- Notes on the Hebrew text of Genesis XL-XLIV (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1950
- Hymns of the Temple, 1951
- Mercy and sacrifice; a study of the book of Hosea, 1953
- Notes on the Hebrew Text of I Kings XVII–XIX and XXI–XXII (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1954
- Amos, Hosea and Micah (Epworth Preacher's Commentaries), 1956
- (British and Foreign Bible Society) Hebrew Old Testament, 1958
- Leviticus and Numbers (The Century Bible, New Edition), 1967
- The Book of Job; its origin and purpose, 1968
References
[edit]- ^ a b Anderson, G. W. (1983). "Norman Henry Snaith, 1898–1982". Journal of Semitic Studies (2): 355–356. doi:10.1093/jss/XXVIII.2.355.
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