Sir Godfrey Rolles DriverCBEMCFBA (20 August 1892 – 22 April 1975), known as G. R. Driver, was an EnglishOrientalist noted for his studies of Semitic languages and Assyriology.[1] He is considered the "most distinguished British Hebraist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries".[2]
After serving in World War I, with tasks as varied as hospital work, postal censorship, and intelligence, in 1919, he was named fellow and classical tutor in Magdalen College, Oxford. He remained at Oxford for his entire career, ultimately as Professor of Semitic Philology, and produced a steady stream of scholarly articles on subjects including vocabulary of the Old Testament, and words and texts in the Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Syriac languages.
Wiseman, D. J. (1976). "Obituary: Sir Godfrey Driver". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. University of London: Cambridge University Press. 39 (1): 160–163. JSTOR 616193.
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F.F. Bruce, Godfrey Rolles Driver (1892–1975), The Witness, 105, No. 1255, pp. 266–267 (July 1975).
Emerton, J. A. (19 January 2016). Driver, Godfrey Rolles, 1892-1975. pp. 344–362. ISBN978-0-19-725983-2.
January 21, 2023
godfrey, rolles, driver, august, 1892, april, 1975, known, driver, english, orientalist, noted, studies, semitic, languages, assyriology, considered, most, distinguished, british, hebraist, late, nineteenth, early, twentieth, centuries, born20, august, 1892, d. Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver CBE MC FBA 20 August 1892 22 April 1975 known as G R Driver was an English Orientalist noted for his studies of Semitic languages and Assyriology 1 He is considered the most distinguished British Hebraist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries 2 Godfrey Rolles DriverBorn20 August 1892 Died22 April 1975 aged 82 Parent s Samuel Rolles Driver AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire 1958 Fellow of the British Academy 1939 Burkitt Medal 1953 Military CrossLeverhulme Medal 1939 Position heldchairperson Society for Old Testament Study 1938 chairperson International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament 1953 1959 Contents 1 Life 2 Selected works 3 References 4 SourcesLife EditDriver was born in Oxford England son of the noted English biblical scholar Samuel Rolles Driver and educated at Winchester College and New College Oxford 1911 1915 where he won the Pusey and Ellerton and Senior Kennicott Hebrew Scholarships and the Gaisford Prize for Greek prose 1913 and for Greek verse 1916 After serving in World War I with tasks as varied as hospital work postal censorship and intelligence in 1919 he was named fellow and classical tutor in Magdalen College Oxford He remained at Oxford for his entire career ultimately as Professor of Semitic Philology and produced a steady stream of scholarly articles on subjects including vocabulary of the Old Testament and words and texts in the Akkadian Arabic Aramaic Hebrew and Syriac languages From 1937 to 1938 Driver was the president of the Society for Old Testament Study unusually for a two year period In 1959 he was the president of the third congress of The International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament He directed the translation of the Old Testament for the New English Bible from its inception in 1949 completed and first published in 1970 Selected works EditLetters of the first Babylonian dynasty OECT III 1925 Studies in Cappadocian Tablets Paris 1927 Semitic Writing From Pictograph to Alphabet 1948 Schweich Lectures for 1944 The Babylonian Laws with J C Miles Oxford 1952 1955 Aramaic Documents of the Fifth Century B C Oxford 1954 Abridged and Revised edition 1957 Canaanite Myths and Legends Edinburgh T amp T Clark 1956 The Judaean scrolls The problem and a solution Oxford Blackwell 1965 References Edit J A Emerton Driver Sir Godfrey Rolles 1892 1975 In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 Emerton 2016 pp 345 Sources EditWiseman D J 1976 Obituary Sir Godfrey Driver Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London Cambridge University Press 39 1 160 163 JSTOR 616193 CDLI Wiki F F Bruce Godfrey Rolles Driver 1892 1975 The Witness 105 No 1255 pp 266 267 July 1975 Emerton J A 19 January 2016 Driver Godfrey Rolles 1892 1975 pp 344 362 ISBN 978 0 19 725983 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Godfrey Rolles Driver amp oldid 1122985123, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
