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Norman Snaith

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Norman Snaith
Born
Norman Henry Snaith
Died1982 (aged 83–84)
Education
OccupationScholar

Norman Henry Snaith (1898–1982) was a British Old Testament scholar and a professor at Wesley College, Leeds.

Education and early life

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Snaith was the son of a Primitive Methodist minister. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, reading mathematics before studying Semitic languages under George Buchanan Gray at Mansfield College.

Career

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Snaith became a Primitive Methodist minister, taking up pastoral work until appointed Professor of Old Testament at Wesley College in 1936. He became Principal of Wesley College in 1954, and retired in 1961.[1] In 1957, Snaith was president of the Society for Old Testament Study.[1]

Publications by Snaith

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  • Studies in the Psalter, 1934
  • The distinctive ideas of the Old Testament, 1944
  • Notes on the Hebrew text of 2 Samuel, XVI-XIX (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
  • The Book of Job (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
  • Notes on the Hebrew text of Job, I-VI (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
  • The Psalms; a short introduction (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
  • Notes on the Hebrew text of Isaiah, chapters XXVIII-XXXII (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
  • Notes on the Hebrew text of Jeremiah, chapters III, VII and XXXI (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
  • Notes in the Hebrew text of Jonah (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945
  • The Book of Amos; pt. 1: Introduction (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1946
  • The Book of Amos; pt. 2: Translation and notes (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1946
  • Notes on the Hebrew text of Genesis I-VIII (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1947
  • The Jewish New Year festival, 1948
  • The Jews from Cyrus to Herod, 1949
  • Notes on the Hebrew text of Genesis XL-XLIV (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1950
  • Hymns of the Temple, 1951
  • Mercy and sacrifice; a study of the book of Hosea, 1953
  • Notes on the Hebrew Text of I Kings XVII–XIX and XXI–XXII (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1954
  • Amos, Hosea and Micah (Epworth Preacher's Commentaries), 1956
  • (British and Foreign Bible Society) Hebrew Old Testament, 1958
  • Leviticus and Numbers (The Century Bible, New Edition), 1967
  • The Book of Job; its origin and purpose, 1968

References

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  1. ^ a b Anderson, G. W. (1983). "Norman Henry Snaith, 1898–1982". Journal of Semitic Studies (2): 355–356. doi:10.1093/jss/XXVIII.2.355.