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D. Winton Thomas
Born
David Winton Thomas

(1901-01-26)26 January 1901
Died18 June 1970(1970-06-18) (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford
InfluencesG. R. Driver
Academic work
DisciplineHebrew
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

David Winton Thomas (26 January 1901 – 18 June 1970) was a British scholar of Hebrew. He was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge from 1938 to 1968.[1] He was one of the first pupils of Godfrey Rolles Driver.[2] He also played rugby for Wales.[3]

See also

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Selected works

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  • Thomas D. Winston, Archaeology and Old Testament Study (1967)
  • Thomas, D. Winton; McHardy, W. D., eds. (1963). Hebrew and Semitic Studies: Essays Presented to G. R. Driver. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198154273.
  • Thomas D. Winston, Documents from Old Testament Times (1958)
  • Thomas D. Winston, Wisdom in Israel and in the Ancient Near East presented to Professor Harold Henry Rowley, Supplements to Vetus Testamentum III (1955)

You can find a complete bibliography of David Windon Thomas in:+ Peter R. Ackroyd and Barnabas Lindars (Ed.), Words dans Meanings / Essays presented to David Winton Thomas on his retirement frome the Regius Professorship of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge, 1968, Cambridge University Press, 1968, pp.217-228.

References

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  1. ^ Emerton, J. A. (July 1991). "The Work of David Winton Thomas as a Hebrew Scholar". Vetus Testamentum. 41 (3): 287–303. doi:10.1163/156853391X00270. JSTOR 1519069.
  2. ^ Emerton, J. A. (1970). "David Winton Thomas". Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. 82 (3). doi:10.1515/zatw.1970.82.3.V. S2CID 170720677.
  3. ^ Sands, Philippe (26 May 2016). East West Street: Non-fiction Book of the Year 2017. ISBN 9781474601924.
Academic offices
Preceded by Regius Professor of Hebrew
at the University of Cambridge

1938–1968
Succeeded by