John Merlin Powis Smith
John Merlin Powis Smith (December 28, 1866, London – November 1932) who published as J.M.P. Smith was an American Biblical scholar who worked on a translation of the Bible with Edgar J. Goodspeed (published 1939).[1][2][3][4]
He was born December 28, 1866, in London, son of William Martin and Anne Powis Smith. Enrolled as a graduate student of University of Chicago, 1894.
Works
- 1911 A critical and exegetical commentary on Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Obadiah and Joel
- 1923 The moral life of the Hebrews
- 1931 The origin and history of Hebrew law
- 1925 The prophets and their times
- 1914 The Prophet And His Problems
- 1922 The religion of the Psalms
- 1901 The day of Yahweh The day of Yahweh 2 editions - first published in 1901 Read
- 1908 Books for Old Testament study.
- 1908 The universal element in the Psalter.
- 1917 The problem of suffering in the Old Testament.
- 1939 (posthumous) The American Bible
References
- ^ John Merlin Powis Smith by EJ Goodspeed - 1933 www.jstor.org/stable/529032
- ^ John Merlin Powis Smith by JH Breasted - 1933 www.jstor.org/stable/529030
- ^ John Merlin Powis Smith by WC Graham - 1933 www.jstor.org/stable/529033
- ^ John Merlin Powis Smith His Early Years, and Some Personal Reminiscences by IM Price - 1933 www.jstor.org/stable/529031
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