__NOTOC__ Samuel Henry Hooke (January 21, 1874 – January 17, 1968) was an English scholar writing on

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. He is known for his ''

Bible in Basic English The ''Bible In Basic English'' (also known as the ''BBE'') is a translation of the Bible into Basic English. The BBE was translated by Professor S. H. Hooke using the standard 850 Basic English words. 100 words that were helpful to understand po ...

'' translation. He was born in

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. He was educated at St. Mark's school,

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and

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. From 1913 to 1926 he was Professor of Oriental Languages at the

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, where he was a founder of and contributor to ''Canadian Forum''. In 1930 he was appointed

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at the

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. In 1951, Hooke was president of the

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Works

Author

*''Christianity in the Making'' (1926) *''New Year's Day: The Story of the Calendar'' (1927) *''The Origins of Early Semitic Ritual'' (1938) (

Schweich Lectures Schweich is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Moselle, approx. northeast of Trier. Schweich is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Schweich an der ...

for 1935) *''In the Beginning'' (1947) *''What Is the Bible?'' (1948) *''The Kingdom of God in the Experience of Jesus'' (1949) *''Babylonian and Assyrian Religion'' (1953) *''The Siege Perilous: Essays in Biblical Anthropology and Kindred Subjects'' (1956) *''Alpha and Omega: A Study in the Pattern of Revelation'' (1961) *''Middle Eastern Mythology'' (1963) *''The Resurrection of Christ as History and Experience'' (1967)

Editor

*''Myth and Ritual'' (1933) *''The Labyrinth: Further Studies in the Relation between Myth and Ritual in the Ancient World'' (1935) *''Myth, Ritual and Kingship'' (1958)

Translator

*''Jesus'' by

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(1935) *''The Parables of Jesus'' by

Joachim Jeremias Joachim Jeremias (20 September 1900 – 6 September 1979) was a German Lutheran theologian, scholar of Near Eastern Studies and university professor for New Testament studies. He was abbot of Bursfelde, 1968–1971. He was born in Dresden and sp ...

(1954) *''The Prophets and the Rise of Judaism'' by

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(1955) *''Samaria the Capital of the Kingdom of Israel'' by André Parrot (1958) *''Bible in Basic English (BBE)'' (NT 1941, OT 1949, Revised 1965)

References

*''Promise and fulfilment; essays presented to Professor S.H. Hooke in celebration of his ninetieth birthday, 21 January 1964'' (1963) edited by

F. F. Bruce Frederick Fyvie Bruce (12 October 1910 – 11 September 1990), usually cited as F. F. Bruce, was a Scottish biblical scholar who supported the historical reliability of the New Testament. His first book, ''New Testament Documents: Are They ...

1874 births 1968 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford People from Cirencester British biblical scholars Translators of the Bible into English Academic staff of the University of Toronto Presidents of the Folklore Society Presidents of the Society for Old Testament Study {{bible-translator-stub