Studies in Biblical Archaeology

by Joseph Jacobs

Publisher:

Wordsearch

, 2007

Overview

About the Author Joseph Jacobs was a Jewish historian and a prolific writer; He wrote many articles for the Jewish Encyclopaedia, and was generally responsible for the style of the whole publication. He then became registrar and professor of English at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America at New York. In 1908, he was appointed a member of the board of seven, which made a new English translation of the Bible for the Jewish Publication Society of America (JPS 1917).

Product Details

• Title: Studies in Biblical Archaeology
• Author: Joseph Jacobs
• Publisher: Wordsearch
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: General reference
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_BD4794644A4C46A398377D01F819A9D6
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-09-29T22:17:57Z

About Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) was a noted folklorist, critic, and historian who gained fame compiling English folktales. Born in Sydney, Australia, Jacobs completed his studies at the University of Cambridge. His career began with a post as the secretary of the Society of Hebrew Literature. Work with Jewish literature and history became a principal pursuit in his life, and he eventually became president of the Jewish Historical Society of England, a revising editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia, and editor of the American Hebrew. In 1890 Jacobs began releasing collections of English fairy tales in a mission to give English children homegrown stories to read in addition to the more traditional French and German fairy tales.