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Thomas Kelly Cheyne was born on September 18, 1841 in London.
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Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archæology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible; Volume 4
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Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne was an English divine and Biblical critic.
Education
Thomas Kelly Cheyne studied German theological methods at Gottingen.
He was ordained in 1864, and held a fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford, 1868-1882.
Career
Thomas Kelly Cheyne resigned the living of Tendring in 1885 on his appointment to the Oriel professorship, which carried with it a canonry at Rochester.
In 1889 he delivered the Bampton lectures at Oxford.
In 1908 he resigned his professorship.
His publications include commentaries on the Prophets and Hagiographa, and lectures and addresses on theological subjects.
n June 1901, he received an honorary doctorate of Divinity from the University of Glasgow, and in March 1902 he was awarded the degree Doctor of Letters (D. Litt. ) from the University of Oxford.
He consistently urged in his writings the necessity of a broad and comprehensive study of the Scriptures in the light of literary, historical and scientific considerations. His publications include commentaries on the Prophets and Hagiographa, as well as lectures and addresses on theological subjects. He was a joint editor of the Encyclopaedia Biblica (London, 1899–1903), a work embodying the more advanced conclusions of English biblical criticism. In the introduction to his Origin of the Psalter (London, 1891) he gave an account of his development as a critical scholar. His publications include translations, commentaries, and supplemental research.
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Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archæology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible; Volume 4
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Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archæology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible; Volume 4
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