George Wishart Anderson FBA

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(1913–2002) was a British theologian.

Life

He was born on 25 January 1913, the son of George Anderson, and his wife, Margaret Gordon Wishart. In 1962 he was created Professor of Old Testament Literature and Theology at

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in 1962. In 1968 he also succeeded his colleague, Rev Prof N. W. Porteous, and Anderson was then retitled Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies. In 1977 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. He died on 17 March 2002.

Family

In 1941 he married Edith ‘Joy’ Joyce Marjorie Walter. They had one son and one daughter. He remarried in 1959 following Joy’s death.Who's Who 2020

Publications

*''A Critical Introduction to the

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

'' (1959) *''Enemies and Evildoers in the Book of Psalms'' (1965) *''A Decade of Bible Bibliography'' (1967) *''The Society for Old Testament Study 1917-1967'' (1968) *''The History and Religion of Israel'' (1974) *''Tradition and Interpretation'' (1979)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, George Wishart 1913 births 2002 deaths Academics of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh