William O.E. Oesterley (1866-1950), scholar

William Oscar Emil Oesterley (1866-1950) was a British scholar.

Biography

Born in Calcutta. Taught Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis at King’s College, London, from 1926. Published extensively on the Bible, the Apocrypha, Hellenistic Judaism, and Jewish history.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• (with George H. Box). The Religion and Worship of the Synagogue: An Introduction to the Study of Judaism from the New Testament Period (London 1907)

• The Evolution of the Messianic Idea (1908 Oesterley), book

• The Doctrine of the Last Things, Jewish and Christian (1908 Oesterley), book

• The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach; or, Ecclesiasticus (1912 Oesterley), book

• The Books of the Apocrypha (1914 Oesterley), book

• The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (1917 Charles/Oesterley), book

• The Wisdom of Solomon (1918 Oesterley), book

• A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediæval Judaism (1920 Oesterley, Box), book

• The Jewish Background of the Christian Liturgy (1925 Oesterley), book

• A History of Israel. Vol. 2: From the Fall of Jerusalem, 586 BC, to the Bar-Kokhba Revolt, AD 135 (1932 Oesterley), book

• II Ezra (the Ezra Apocalypse) (1933 Oesterley), book

• An Introduction to the Book of the Apocrypha (1935 Oesterly), book

• The Gospel Parables in the Light of Their Jewish Background (1936 Oesterley), book

• Readings from the Apocrypha (1939 Oesterley), book

• The Jews and Judaism during the Greek Period (1941 Oesterley), book

Edited volumes

• Judaism and Christianity. Vol. 1: The Age of Transition (1937 Oesterley), edited volume