Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), scholar

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a British scholar. Educated at King’s College, Cambridge, he was a Medieval scholar, and successful author of ghost stories, and the Provost of King’s College, Cambridge (1905-1918) and of Eton College (1918-1936). Being captivated by the mysterious, developed a special interest in Old and New Testament Apocrypha.

Works

Books

• Psalms of the Pharisees, Commonly Called the Psalms of Solomon (1891 James/Ryle), book

• The Testament of Abraham (1892 James, Barnes), book

• The Fourth Book of Ezra: The Latin Version (1895 Bensly, James), book

• The Second Epistle General of Peter and the General Epistle of Jude (Greek Text) (1912 James), book

• The Biblical Antiquities of Philo (1917 James), book

• The Lost Apocrypha of the Old Testament (1920 James), book

• The Apocryphal New Testament (1924 James), book

Essays

• A Fragment of the Book of Enoch in Latin (1892 James), essay

Biography

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