David Winton Thomas (26 January 1901 – 18 June 1970) was a British scholar of

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. He was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the

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from 1938 to 1968. He was one of the first pupils of Godfrey Rolles Driver. He also played rugby for Wales.

Selected works

*Thomas D. Winston, ''Archaeology and Old Testament Study'' (1967) * *Thomas D. Winston, ''Documents from Old Testament Times'' (1958) *Thomas D. Winston, ''Wisdom in Israel and in the Ancient Near East presented to Professor Harold Henry Rowley'', Supplements to Vetus Testamentum III (1955) You can find a complete bibliography of David Windon Thomas in:+ Peter R. Ackroyd and

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(Ed.), ''Words dans Meanings / Essays presented to David Winton Thomas on his retirement frome the Regius Professorship of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge, 1968'', Cambridge University Press, 1968, pp.217-228.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, D. Winton 1901 births 1970 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Oxford British Hebraists Regius Professors of Hebrew (Cambridge)

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