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==Biography==
==Biography==
English historian, cleric, and poet.  Born in London in an aristocratic family.  He received his formal education under the tutelage of Dr. Burney at Greenwich, and subsequently at Eton College and Brasenose College.  An acclaimed poet, Milman published several poems on Second Temple Period Judaism and Christian Origins.  Author of the first modern history of the Jews from the earliest period to the author’s time. Treated ancient Jews as an Oriental tribe, “more or less barbarians, alternatively retrograding and improving’ and downplayed the miraculous aspects of biblical narratives. Died in London and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
English historian, cleric, and poet.  Born in London in an aristocratic family.  He received his formal education under the tutelage of Dr. Burney at Greenwich, and subsequently at Eton College and Brasenose College.  An acclaimed poet, Milman published several poems on Second Temple Period Judaism and Christian Origins.  Author of the first modern history of the Jews from the earliest period to the author’s time.


==Works on Second Temple Judaism==
==Works on Second Temple Judaism==

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Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) was a British scholar, poet and playwright.

Biography

English historian, cleric, and poet. Born in London in an aristocratic family. He received his formal education under the tutelage of Dr. Burney at Greenwich, and subsequently at Eton College and Brasenose College. An acclaimed poet, Milman published several poems on Second Temple Period Judaism and Christian Origins. Author of the first modern history of the Jews from the earliest period to the author’s time.

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