George Adam Smith (1856-1942), scholar

George Adam Smith (1856-1942) was a Scottish scholar.

Biography

Born in Calcutta, India, George Adam Smith was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland. Theologian and Old Testament scholar, he was Professor at the Free Church College in Glasgow (1892-1909) and then principal of the University of Aberdeen (1909-35).

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Historical Geography of the Holy Land (1894 Smith), book

• The Forgiveness of Sins and Other Sermons (1904 Smith), book

• Jerusalem: The Topography, Economics and History from the Earliest Times to AD 70 (1907-08 Smith), book

External links

• Wikipedia