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Religion of the Semites (Ppr)

By: William Robertson Smith

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Scottish Semiticist and Arabist William Robertson Smith was a celebrated biblical critic, theorist of religion, and theorist of myth. His accomplishments were multiple. Smith's German mentors reconstructed the history of Israelite religion from the Bible itself; Smith ventured outside the Bible to Semitic religion and thereby pioneered the comparative study of religion. Where others viewed religion from the standpoint of the individual, Smith approached religion-at least ancient religion-from the standpoint of the group. He asserted that ancient religion was centrally a matter of practice, not creed, and singlehandedly created the ritualist theory of myth. Since Smith's time, the ritualist theory of myth has found adherents not only in biblical studies but in classics, anthropology, and literature as well. Smith's accomplishments are seen most fully in Religion of the Semites, adapted from a number of public lectures he gave at Aberdeen, and first published in 1889. Smith delivered three courses of lectures over three years. It is this set that is reprinted here. Only recently were the notes for the second and third courses of lectures discovered and published. Religion of the Semites combines extraordinary philological erudition with brilliant theorizing. Among the fundamental emphases of the book are the foci on sacrifice as the key ritual and non-ancient sacrifice as communion with God rather than as penance for sin. Most important is Smith's use of the comparative method: he uses cross-cultural examples from other "primitive peoples" to confirm his reconstruction from Semitic sources. Smith combines pioneering sociology and anthropology with a staunchly Christian faith. For him, Christianity is an expression of divine revelation. For Smith, only continuing revelation can account for the leap from the collective, ritualistic, and materialistic nature of ancient Semitic religion to the individualistic, creedal, and spiritualized nature of Christianity. Lectures on the Religion of the Semites manages to meld social science with theology, and remains a classic work in the social scientific study of religion.

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LECTURES & ESSAYS

By: William Robertson 1846-1894 Smith,J. Sutherland (John Sutherland) Black,George William (Sir) 1880- Chrystal

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LECTURES & ESSAYS

By: William Robertson 1846-1894 Smith,J. Sutherland (John Sutherland) Black,George William (Sir) 1880- Chrystal

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Religion of the Semites

By: William Robertson Smith

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Religion of the Semites

The Fundamental Institutions

By: William Smith

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The Fundamental Institutions

By: William Smith

Scottish Semiticist and Arabist William Robertson Smith was a celebrated biblical critic, theorist of religion, and theorist of myth. His accomplishments were multiple. Smith's German mentors reconstructed the history of Israelite religion from the Bible itself; Smith ventured outside the Bible to Semitic religion and thereby pioneered the comparative study of religion. Where others viewed religion from the standpoint of the individual, Smith approached religion-at least ancient religion-from the standpoint of the group. He asserted that ancient religion was centrally a matter of practice, not creed, and singlehandedly created the ritualist theory of myth. Since Smith's time, the ritualist theory of myth has found adherents not only in biblical studies but in classics, anthropology, and literature as well.Smith's accomplishments are seen most fully in Religion of the Semites, adapted from a number of public lectures he gave at Aberdeen, and first published in 1889. Smith delivered three courses of lectures over three years. It is this set that is reprinted here. Only recently were the notes for the second and third courses of lectures discovered and published.Religion of the Semites combines extraordinary philological erudition with brilliant theorizing. Among the fundamental emphases of the book are the foci on sacrifice as the key ritual and non-ancient sacrifice as communion with God rather than as penance for sin. Most important is Smith's use of the comparative method: he uses cross-cultural examples from other ""primitive peoples"" to confirm his reconstruction from Semitic sources.Smith combines pioneering sociology and anthropology with a staunchly Christian faith. For him, Christianity is an expression of divine revelation. For Smith, only continuing revelation can account for the leap from the collective, ritualistic, and materialistic nature of ancient Semitic religion to the individualistic, creedal, and spiritualized nature of Christianity. Lectures on th

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The Commission of Assembly, and Professor R. Smith's Reply to the Committee's Report

By: William Robertson Smith,James Innes

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The Commission of Assembly, and Professor R. Smith's Reply to the Committee's Report

By: William Robertson Smith,James Innes

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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Lectures on the Religion of the Semites (Second and Third Series)

By: William Robertson Smith

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Lectures on the Religion of the Semites (Second and Third Series)

By: William Robertson Smith

The outstanding nineteenth-century biblical scholar and Semitist William Robertson Smith gave three courses of Burnett Lectures on the Religion of the Semites at Aberdeen just over a century ago. The first series, published in 1889 (2nd edn, 1894), has long been a classic work. The second and third series were never published, owing to the author's ill health; however, the manuscript of them still exists in the Cambridge University Library and was recently discovered by John Day, who has produced this edited version of the work to commemorate the centenary of Smith's death. The Lectures, which constitute a work of considerable Semitic and Classical learning, are on the following subjects: Feasts, Priests and the Priestly Oracle, Prophecy and Divination, Semitic Polytheism and Cosmogony. Dr Day has written an Introduction, which evaluates the work and includes nineteenth-century press reports of the Lectures.

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0567618242

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A Grammar of the Arabic Language

By: William Wright,Carl Paul Caspari

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A Grammar of the Arabic Language

By: William Wright,Carl Paul Caspari

A Grammar of the Arabic Language is a detailed Arabic grammar tutorial, originally written in German by Carl Caspari and translated by British Orientalist William Wright. Often referred to today as Wright's Grammar, the second edition was altered and added to by Wright, and this third (and original final) edition was edited by famous Orientalists M.J. de Goeje and W. Robertson Smith. Wright consulted numerous Arabic sources when making additions and corrections to the work, and as such it is still useful today to students of the Arabic language. WILLIAM WRIGHT (1830-1889) was a British Orientalist and professor of Arabic at Cambridge University. His works are still researched and studied today by students of Arabic and Syriac. His most popular works remain A Grammar of the Arabic Language and the Short History of Syriac Literature. His writings are held today by the British Library and Cambridge University.

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1616405333

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Modern Criticism. Being an Examination of the Speech Delivered by Professor Robertson Smith at the Meeting of the Commission of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, on the 27th October, 1880

By: William Robertson Smith,George Macaulay

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Modern Criticism. Being an Examination of the Speech Delivered by Professor Robertson Smith at the Meeting of the Commission of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, on the 27th October, 1880

By: William Robertson Smith,George Macaulay

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Religion of the Semites (Ppr)

Religion of the Semites (Ppr)

LECTURES & ESSAYS

LECTURES & ESSAYS

Religion of the Semites

Religion of the Semites

Religion of the Semites

Religion of the Semites

The Commission of Assembly, and Professor R. Smith's Reply to the Committee's Report

The Commission of Assembly, and Professor R. Smith's Reply to the Committee's Report

Lectures on the Religion of the Semites (Second and Third Series)

Lectures on the Religion of the Semites (Second and Third Series)

A Grammar of the Arabic Language

A Grammar of the Arabic Language

Modern Criticism. Being an Examination of the Speech Delivered by Professor Robertson Smith at the Meeting of the Commission of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, on the 27th October, 1880

Modern Criticism. Being an Examination of the Speech Delivered by Professor Robertson Smith at the Meeting of the Commission of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, on the 27th October, 1880

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