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''' Crawford Howell Toy''' (1836-1919) was an American scholar.
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==Biography==
''' Crawford Howell Toy''' (1836-1919) was an American scholar. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856. After serving in the Confederate army during the Civil War, he went to study at the University of Berlin for two years. He was then Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1869-1879). Influenced by Darwin and shaped by Wellhausen and the religionsgeschichte school, his critical approach to the Bible eventually caused a rift between Toy and the Southern Baptist Seminary. In 1880 he joined the Faculty of [[Harvard Divinity School]] as the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages (Arabic, Ethiopic), until his retirement in 1909.


Crawford Howell Toy was born March 23, 1836 in Norfolk, Virginia. 
==Works==


He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856.
====Books====
*[[Judaism and Christianity: A Sketch of the Progress of Thought from Old Testament to New Testament (1890 Toy), book]]


After serving in the Confederate army during the Civil War, he went to study at the University of Berlin for two years. 
==Biography==


He was then Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1869-1879). Influenced by Darwin and shaped by Wellhausen and the religionsgeschichte school, his critical approach to the Bible eventually caused a rift between Toy and the Southern Baptist Seminary.
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In 1880 he joined the Faculty of [[Harvard Divinity School]] as the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages (Arabic, Ethiopic), until his retirement in 1909.


Toy died May 12, 1919.
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==Works on Second Temple Judaism==
 
====Books====
*[[Judaism and Christianity: A Sketch of the Progress of Thought from Old Testament to New Testament (1890 Toy), book]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Howell_Toy Wikipedia]
 
[[Category:Scholars|Toy]]


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Crawford Howell Toy

Crawford Howell Toy (1836-1919) was an American scholar. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856. After serving in the Confederate army during the Civil War, he went to study at the University of Berlin for two years. He was then Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1869-1879). Influenced by Darwin and shaped by Wellhausen and the religionsgeschichte school, his critical approach to the Bible eventually caused a rift between Toy and the Southern Baptist Seminary. In 1880 he joined the Faculty of Harvard Divinity School as the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages (Arabic, Ethiopic), until his retirement in 1909.

Works

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