Charles Foster Kent (1867-1925), scholar
Charles Foster Kent (1867-1925) was an American scholar.
Biography
Charles Foster Kent (1867-1925). Born in Palmyra, New York in 1867. An American biblical scholar, chiefly Old Testament. Kent received his Ph.D. from Yale University (1891) and also studied briefly at the University of Berlin (1891-1892). Kent's professional career began as an instructor at the University of Chicago (1893-1895) and then professor at Brown and finally Woolsey Professor of Biblical Literature at Yale. Kent's critical approach to biblical texts prepared the way for 20th century biblical scholarship.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- A History of the Jewish people during the Babylonian, Persian and Greek Periods (1899 Kent), book
- The Makers and Teachers of Judaism from the Fall of Jerusalem to the Death of Herod the Great (1911 Kent), book
- Life and Teachings of Jesus according to the Earliest Records (1913 Kent), book