Stanley Arthur Cook
Stanley Arthur Cook (12 April 1873 – 26 September 1949) was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge from 1932 to 1938.[1][2]
Cook was born in
Encyclopedia Biblica, 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 The Cambridge Ancient History.[2]
Cook married Annette Bell, who predeceased him.[2] 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)
References
- ^ a b "Cook, Stanley Arthur (CK891SA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Archive Collections at the Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies library
- Works by Stanley Arthur Cook at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Stanley Arthur Cook at Internet Archive