Stanley Arthur Cook (12 April 1873 – 26 September 1949) was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the

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from 1932 to 1938. Cook was born in

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, the son of John Thomas Cook of Leicester. He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School, Leicester, and read the Semitic Languages tripos at

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, where he graduated with first-class honours in 1894 and won the Mason Hebrew Prize and Jeremie Septuagint Prize. Employed for several years on the editorial staff of ''

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'', in 1904 he was appointed a college lecturer (at Caius) in Hebrew, a position he maintained until his appointment as Regius Professor in 1932. He was also a university lecturer in comparative religion from 1912 to 1920 and joint editor of

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. Cook married Annette Bell, who predeceased him. He died in Cambridge on 26 September 1949.

Select Publications

* ''Critical Notes on Old Testament History: the Traditions of Saul and David'' (1907) * ''The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Second Millenium B.C.'' (1908) * ''The Foundations of Religion'' (1914) * ''The Study of Religions'' (1914) * ''The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Light of Archaeology'' (1930) * ''Ethical Monotheism in the Light of Comparative Religion'' (1932) * ''The Old Testament: a Reinterpretation'' (1936) * ''The “Truth” of the Bible'' (1938) * ''The Rebirth of Christianity'' (1942) * ''An Introduction to the Bible'' (1945) (reprint 1950)

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