The Samuel Davidson Professorship of Old Testament Studies is a

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in Old Testament studies at

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(formerly of the

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). It was established in 1925 and is named after the Irish Biblical scholar

Samuel Davidson Samuel Davidson (September 18061 April 1898) was an Irish biblical scholar. Life He was born at Kellswater, County Antrim, the son of Abraham Davidson, into a Scots-Irish presbyterian. He was educated at the village school, under James Darra ...

List of Samuel Davidson Professors

* 1926 to 1929: George Herbert Box; first incumbent * 1930 to 1945: S. H. Hooke * 1945 to 1947:

Alfred Guillaume Alfred Guillaume (8 November 1888 – 30 November 1965) was a British Christian Arabist, scholar of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament and Islam. Career Guillaume was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, the son of Alfred Guillaume. He took up Arabic ...

* 1948 to 1960:

W. D. McHardy William Duff McHardy, CBE (26 May 1911 – 9 April 2000) was a Scottish scholar of Biblical languages. From 1960 to 1978, he was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford. He contributed to the New English Bible, and was director of ...

* 1961 to 1982:

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* 1983 to 1992: Ronald Clements; first incumbent to be based at King's College London * 1992 to 1997: ''vacant'' * 1997 to 2001: Michael A. Knibb * 2001 to 2012: ''vacant'' * 2012 to present:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Professor of Old Testament Studies, Davidson, Samuel Old Testament Studies, Davidson, Samuel Old Testament Studies, Davidson, Samuel 1925 establishments in England