Norman Henry Snaith (1898–1982) was a British Old Testament scholar and a professor at

Wesley College, Leeds Wesley College was a theological college in the Henbury area of Bristol, England, between 1946 and 2012. As the successor to an institution established in London in 1834, it was the oldest provider of theological education for the Methodist Church ...

Education and early life

Snaith was the son of a

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minister. He was educated at

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and

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, reading mathematics before studying

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under George Buchanan Gray at Mansfield College.

Career

Snaith became a Primitive Methodist minister, taking up pastoral work until appointed Professor of Old Testament at Wesley College in 1936. He became Principal of Wesley College in 1954, and retired in 1961. In 1957, Snaith was president of the Society for Old Testament Study.

Publications by Snaith

* ''Studies in the Psalter'', 1934 * ''The distinctive ideas of the Old Testament'', 1944 * ''Notes on the Hebrew text of 2 Samuel, XVI-XIX'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945 * ''The Book of Job'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945 * ''Notes on the Hebrew text of Job, I-VI'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945 * ''The Psalms; a short introduction'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945 * ''Notes on the Hebrew text of Isaiah, chapters XXVIII-XXXII'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945 * ''Notes on the Hebrew text of Jeremiah, chapters III, VII and XXXI'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945 * ''Notes in the Hebrew text of Jonah'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1945 * ''The Book of Amos; pt. 1: Introduction'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1946 * ''The Book of Amos; pt. 2: Translation and notes'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1946 * ''Notes on the Hebrew text of Genesis I-VIII'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1947 * ''The Jewish New Year festival'', 1948 * ''The Jews from Cyrus to Herod'', 1949 * ''Notes on the Hebrew text of Genesis XL-XLIV'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1950 * ''Hymns of the Temple'', 1951 * ''Mercy and sacrifice; a study of the book of Hosea'', 1953 * ''Notes on the Hebrew Text of I Kings XVII–XIX and XXI–XXII'' (Study Notes on Bible Books), 1954 * ''Amos, Hosea and Micah'' (Epworth Preacher's Commentaries), 1956 * (editor) ''Hebrew Old Testament'', 1958 * ''Leviticus and Numbers'' (The Century Bible, New Edition), 1967 * ''The Book of Job; its origin and purpose'', 1968

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snaith, Norman 1898 births 1982 deaths British Methodists Methodist ministers Old Testament scholars People educated at Manchester Grammar School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Presidents of the Society for Old Testament Study