Henry St. John Thackeray

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Henry St. John Thackeray (* 1869 , † the thirtieth June 1930 ) was a British scholar at King's College of the University of Cambridge . He was an expert on the koine , i. H. the Greek language of the Hellenistic period , for Flavius ​​Josephus , whose writings he translated into English and published, and the Septuagint .

Works

Count among his works

  • The Relation of St. Paul to Contemporary Jewish Thought , 1900
  • The Letter of Aristeas (The Aristeas ), 1904
  • A grammar of the Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint , 1909
  • Selections from Josephus , 1919
  • The Septuagint and Jewish Worship: A Study in Origins , 1921
  • Josephus: The Man and the Historian , 1929

He also contributed to the book An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek published by the scholar Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917) in 1900 with the Letter of Aristeas .

personal data
SURNAME Thackeray, Henry St. John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British linguist and biblical scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1869
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1930