1881 Robertson Smith OLD TESTAMENT IN THE JEWISH CHURCH 1st Ed Biblical Criticis

by W. Robertson Smith

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The Old Testament in the Jewish Church: Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism By W. Robertson Smith, M.A. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1881 Hardcover, original green cloth with gilt lettering An 1881 first edition printing of this influential series of twelve lectures by Scottish theologian and Semitic scholar W. Robertson Smith (1846–1894). This work played a significant role in the late nineteenth-century development of higher biblical criticism within the English-speaking world and was central to the theological controversies surrounding Smith’s career. Published in Edinburgh by Adam & Charles Black, the volume is bound in the original publisher’s dark green cloth boards with gilt titling to front and spine. Collates complete with preface dated Aberdeen, April 4, 1881. Condition: • Original cloth binding with general wear • Spine bumped at head and tail • Surface rubbing to boards • Tanning, mostly to page edges • Light scattered foxing • Penned memorial inscription to half-title: “In memory of a friend. June 4th 1894” (name partially illegible) • Embossed bookseller’s stamp to front endpaper (Hudson & Norwood, Booksellers & Stationers, Launceston) Refer photos for condition. A solid and readable copy of an important nineteenth-century contribution to Old Testament scholarship. Suitable for collectors of theology, biblical criticism, church history, or Victorian religious thought. Measures: 20 x 14 x 4cm Note: colours/tones may appear differently on different screens

• Publisher: Adam & Charles Black
• Year: 1881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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