Lectures on the religion of the Semites : second and third series / William Robertson Smith ; edited with an introduction and appendix by John Day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894.

Contributor:

Day, John, 1948-

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 183.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 183

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semites--Religion.

Semites.

Sacrifice.

Semitic cults.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The outstanding nineteenth-century biblical scholar and Semitist William Robertson Smith gave three courses of Burnett Lectures on the Religion of the Semites at Aberdeen just over a century ago. The first series, published in 1889 (2nd edn, 1894), has long been a classic work. The second and third series were never published, owing to the author's ill health; however, the manuscript of them still exists in the Cambridge University Library and was recently discovered by John Day, who has produced this edited version of the work to commemorate the centenary of Smith's death. The Lectures, which

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; SECOND SERIES; THIRD SERIES; APPENDIX: The Press Reports on the Lectures; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611803667

9781281803665

1281803669

9780567618245

0567618242

OCLC:

276783319