Charles Lucien Gautier (1850-1924) was a

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, born at

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, near

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, and educated at

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, and Tübingen. In 1877-98 he was

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and

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, and thereafter honorary professor. He was the president of the synod of the Vaudois ''église libre'' in 1885, 1886, 1891, and 1892. He traveled in

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in 1893-94 and 1899, and wrote: * ''Au dela du Jourdain'' (1895; second edition, 1896) * ''Souvenirs de Terre-Sainte'' (1898) * ''Autour de la Mer Morte'' (1901) In addition he translated Ghazali's ''Ad-Dourra el Fâkhira'' (1878) and wrote: * ''Le sacerdoce dans l'Ancien Testament'' (1874) * ''La mission du prophète Ezéchiel'' (1891) * ''Vocations de prophètes'' (1901; in German, 1903) * ''Introduction a l'Ancien Testament'' (1906) * ''La loi dans l'ancienne Alliance'' (1908) * ''L'Evangeliste de l'exil'' (1911) He also contributed to the '' Encyclopaedia Biblica'' (1903)

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* Swiss biblical scholars Old Testament scholars 1850 births 1924 deaths {{Switzerland-bio-stub