Books by William Robertson Smith
Lectures on the Religion of the Semites
by William Robertson Smith
The Religion of the Semites is an attempt to understand the origin of what he called the Old Testament religion, and eventually Christianity, by placing it in the context of this whole world of ancient religion.
Religion of the Semites
by William Robertson Smith
He was hugely controversial because most English-speaking Protestants were still deeply suspicious of an historical understanding of the Bible.
Interviews where books by William Robertson Smith were recommended
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Ptolemaic Alexandria
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Joseph Scaliger: A Study in the History of Classical Scholarship
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Prolegomena to Homer
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Lectures on the Religion of the Semites
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The Liberal Education of Charles Eliot Norton
by James Turner
The best books on Philology, recommended by James Turner
The best books on Philology, recommended by James Turner
Intellectual historian James Turner describes how the once vast and unified field of philology was chopped up in the 20th century to make the different disciplines of the humanities.
