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William Robertson Smith

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Gender Male
Death130 years ago
Date of birth November 8,1846
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born Keig
United Kingdom
Date of died March 31,1894
DiedCambridge
United Kingdom
Job Archaeologist
Education University of Aberdeen
The University of Edinburgh
New College, The University of Edinburgh
Awards Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Notabl workReligion of the Semites
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Religion of the Semites
Lectures on the religion of the Semites
Kinship & marriage in early Arabia
Lectures & Essays
The Old Testament in the Jewish church
Religion of the Semites: The Fundamental Institutions
The prophets of Israel
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Answer to the Amended Libel
Professor Robertson Smith on the Pentateuch [a reply to The Old Testament in the Jewish Church].
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; . . . a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature; Volume 12
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature . . . in Thirty Volumes, with New American Supplement
Paroling Authorities: Recent History and Current Practice
Communications on the Case of Professor Robertson Smith: In the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, Held at Glasgow In 1878
The Robertson Smith Case: Recorded Reasons and Imputed Motives of the Free Church Leaders
Modern Criticism: Being an Examination of the Speech Delivered by Professor Robertson Smith at the Meeting of the Commission of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, on the 27th October, 1880
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; . . . a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature; Volume 13
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; . . . a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature Volume 17
Quiet Time
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; . . . a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature Volume 3
Thoughts on the Aberdeen Case
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, Volume 8
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; . . . a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature; Volume 4
Moses and the Prophets: The Old Testament in the Jewish Church, by Prof. W. Robertson Smith: The Prophets and Prophecy in Israel, by Dr. A. Kuenen: And the Prophets of Israel, by W. Robertson Smith, LL. D
The Commission of Assembly: And Professor R. Smith's Reply to the Committee's Report
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; . . . a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature Volume 10
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; . . . a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature; Volume 30
The Authorship and Date of the Books of Moses Considered with Special Reference to Professor Smith's View
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William Robertson Smith FRSE was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica and contributor to the Encyclopaedia Biblica.

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