Henry Adeney Redpath

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Henry Adeney Redpath (1848–1908) was an English cleric and biblical scholar.

Life

Born at

literæ humaniores in 1871, graduating B.A. in 1871, and proceeding M.A. in 1874 and D.Litt. in 1901.[1]

Ordained deacon in 1872 and priest in 1874, Redpath, became curate of

St. Dunstan-in-the-East in London.[1]

Redpath was

Shottermill, Surrey.[1]

Works

Redpath had learned Hebrew at Merchant Taylors' School, and specialised in the Greek of the Septuagint, completing and publishing the work which Edwin Hatch had left unfinished: A Concordance to the Septuagint and other Greek Translations of the Old Testament (Oxford, 1892-1906, 3 vols.). At the end of his life he was working on a Dictionary of Patristic Greek.[1]

A conservative biblical scholar, Redpath set out his view of the Old Testament in Modern Criticism and the Book of Genesis (1905), published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. His Westminster Commentary on Ezekiel appeared in 1907. He was also a contributor to Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1904) and to the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.[1]

Family

Redpath married at

Marsh Caundle, Dorset, on 5 October 1886, Catherine Helen, daughter of Henry Peter Auber of Marsh Court, Sherborne. She died at Shottermill on 26 August 1898, leaving one son.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Redpath, Henry Adeney" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Redpath, Henry Adeney". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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