Samuel Rolles Driver was born in Southampton. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, where he had a distinguished career, receiving a first-class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1869. He was awarded the Pusey and Ellerton scholarship in 1866, the Kennicott scholarship in 1870 (both Hebrew), and the Houghton Syriac prize in 1872. From 1870 he was a fellow, and from 1875 also a tutor, of New College, and in 1883 succeeded Pusey as Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford until his death in 1914.[1]
Driver married Mabel, daughter of Edmund Barr, of Burgh, near Aylsham, Norfolk, in 1891; they had two sons and two daughters.[1] He died at Oxford in 1914.[3]
Worksedit
Among Driver's numerous works are commentaries on:[1]
Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel (Hebrew text, 1890)
Book of Leviticus (1894 Hebrew text, 1898 trans. and notes)
Book of Joel and the Book of Amos (1897)
The Book of Daniel, with Introduction and Notes (1900)
Book of Deuteronomy (1902)
Book of Job (1905)
The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (1906)
The Minor Prophets, Book of Nahum to Book of Malachi (1905)
Times staff (27 February 1914). "Death Of Canon S. R. Driver. A Great Biblical Scholar". The Times. No. 40458. London. col F, p. 11.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Driver, Samuel Rolles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 585.
External linksedit
Works by or about Samuel Rolles Driver at Wikisource
January 01, 1970
samuel, rolles, driver, october, 1846, february, 1914, english, divine, hebrew, scholar, devoted, life, study, both, textual, critical, testament, father, godfrey, rolles, driver, also, distinguished, biblical, scholar, driver, werner, contents, biography, wor. Samuel Rolles Driver FBA 2 October 1846 26 February 1914 was an English divine and Hebrew scholar He devoted his life to the study both textual and critical of the Old Testament He was the father of Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver also a distinguished biblical scholar S R Driver by Werner amp Son Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksBiography edit nbsp Tom Quad 1525 1529 at Christ Church Oxford where Driver s funeral procession took place on 2 March 1914Samuel Rolles Driver was born in Southampton He was educated at Winchester and New College Oxford where he had a distinguished career receiving a first class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1869 He was awarded the Pusey and Ellerton scholarship in 1866 the Kennicott scholarship in 1870 both Hebrew and the Houghton Syriac prize in 1872 From 1870 he was a fellow and from 1875 also a tutor of New College and in 1883 succeeded Pusey as Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church Oxford until his death in 1914 1 He was a member of the Old Testament Revision Committee of the Revised Version 1876 1884 and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Southwell 1884 1904 He received the honorary degrees of doctor of literature of the University of Dublin 1892 doctor of divinity of the University of Glasgow 1901 2 and doctor of literature of the University of Cambridge 1905 and was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1902 1 Driver married Mabel daughter of Edmund Barr of Burgh near Aylsham Norfolk in 1891 they had two sons and two daughters 1 He died at Oxford in 1914 3 Works editAmong Driver s numerous works are commentaries on 1 Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel Hebrew text 1890 Book of Leviticus 1894 Hebrew text 1898 trans and notes Book of Joel and the Book of Amos 1897 The Book of Daniel with Introduction and Notes 1900 Book of Deuteronomy 1902 Book of Job 1905 The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 1906 The Minor Prophets Book of Nahum to Book of Malachi 1905 Book of Genesis 1909 The Book of Exodus 1911 Among his more general works are 1 Isaiah His Life and Times 1887 ed 1893 Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament 1891 ed 1901 1909 Sermons on Subjects Connected with the Old Testament 1892 Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew 1892 The Parallel Psalter 1904 Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament known as BDB Brown Driver Briggs in collaboration 1906 Modern Research as illustrating the Bible inaugural Schweich Lecture 1908 Christianity and Other Religions with William Sanday 1908 Articles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Biblica Hastings Dictionary of the Bible and Dictionary of National BiographySee also editBrown Driver BriggsNotes edit a b c d e Chisholm 1911 p 585 Glasgow University Jubilee The Times No 36481 London 14 June 1901 p 10 Retrieved 5 January 2024 via Newspapers com Times staff 1914 p 11 References editTimes staff 27 February 1914 Death Of Canon S R Driver A Great Biblical Scholar The Times No 40458 London col F p 11 Attribution nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Driver Samuel Rolles Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 8 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 585 External links edit nbsp Works by or about Samuel Rolles Driver at Wikisource Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Rolles Driver amp oldid 1193835798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
