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Richard Laurence (1760-1838) was a British scholar.
Biography
Hebraist, Anglican Churchman. Was made Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1814, and Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, in 1822. Revived the study of Ethiopic in England and published the editio princeps of several Jewish Pseudepigrapha, with Latin and English translations.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Ascensio Isaiae (1819 Laurence), book
- Primi Esdrae libri (1820 Laurence), book
- The Book of Enoch (1821 Laurence), book
- Libri Enochi prophetae versio aethiopica (1838 Laurence), book