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John Day (biblical scholar)

John Day (biblical scholar)

English Old Testament scholar

John Day (born 13 September 1948) is an English Old Testament scholar. He held the Title of Distinction of Professor of Old Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford (2004–13). He is the editor of In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel (2004) and wrote God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea (1985), Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan (2000), and From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1–11 (2013). He is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament Studies and was Fellow, Tutor in Theology, and Dean of Degrees at Lady Margaret Hall.[1]

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He was elected to an emeritus fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall in 2013.[1]

Works

Books

  • Day, John; May, Herbert G.; Hunt, G. N. S.; Hamilton, R. W., eds. (1984). Oxford Bible Atlas (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-191-43452-5. OCLC 10778645.
  • ——— (1985). God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea: echoes of a Canaanite myth in the Old Testament. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications. Vol. 35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-25600-1. OCLC 10071909.
  • ——— (1989). Molech: a god of human sacrifice in the Old Testament. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications. Vol. 41. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36474-4. OCLC 19266509.
  • ——— (1990). Psalms. Old Testament guides. Vol. 14. Sheffield: JSOT Press. ISBN 978-1-850-75703-0. OCLC 22706784.
  • ———; Gordon, Robert P.; Williamson, H. G. M., eds. (1995). Wisdom in Ancient Israel: essays in honour of J. A. Emerton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-42013-6. OCLC 31013372.
  • ———, ed. (1998). King and Messiah in Israel and the ancient Near East: proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series. Vol. 270. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-850-75946-1. OCLC 43952258.
  • ——— (2000). Yahweh and the gods and goddesses of Canaan. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series. Vol. 265. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-850-75986-7. OCLC 45772196.
  • ———, ed. (2005). Temple and Worship in Biblical Israel: proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies. Vol. 422. London; New York: T & T Clark. ISBN 978-0-5670-4262-0. OCLC 58827982.
  • ———, ed. (2008). In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel: proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series. Vol. 406. London; New York: T & T Clark. ISBN 978-0-5670-8196-4. OCLC 57023578.

References

  1. [1]
    "Profile - Prof John Day". LMH, Oxford.


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