Robert Henry Charles (1855-1931), scholar

Robert Henry Charles (1855-1931) was a British scholar.

Biography

Biblical scholar and theologian. Educated at the Belfast Academy, Queen's College, Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin. Leading authority in the study of the OT Pseudepigrapha and Jewish apocalypticism. Arguably, the most influential British scholar at the turn of the century in shaping the nascent field of Second Temple Jewish studies.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Book of Enoch (1893 Charles), book
• The Apocalypse of Baruch (1896 Charles), book
• The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (1896 Morfill/Charles), book
• The Assumption of Moses (1897 Charles), book
• A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life in Israel, in Judaism and in Christianity (1899 Charles), book
• The Ascension of Isaiah (1900 Charles), book
• The Book of Jubilees; or, The Little Genesis (1902 Charles), book
• The Ethiopic Version of the Book of Enoch (1906 Charles), book
• The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (1908 Charles), book
• Fragments of a Zadokite Work (1912 Charles), book
• The Book of Enoch; or, 1 Enoch (1912 Charles), book
• Studies in the Apocalypse (1913 Charles), book
• Religious Development between the Old and the New Testaments (1914 Charles), book
• The Book of Enoch (1917 Charles/Oesterley), book
• The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (1917 Charles/Oesterley), book
• The Book of Jubilees; or, The Little Genesis (1917 Charles/Box), book
• A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Revelation of St. John (1920 Charles), book
• Lectures on the Apocalypse (1922 Charles), book
• A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Daniel (1929 Charles), book

Edited volumes

• The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (1913 Charles), edited volume

References

• William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 2. From Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann (2003 Baird), book / pp. 204-209

External links

• Wikipedia / Wikipedia.de