About the Author

The Reverend Professor T. K. Cheyne (1841-1915) served as Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, from 1868-82 and as Oriel Professor of Interpretation of Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1885-1908.
He was elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy in 1904. His other publications include 'Jewish Religious Life After the Exile', 1898; 'The Origin and Religious Contents of the Psalter', 1891; 'Traditions and Beliefs of Ancient Israel', 1907; and he co-edited the 'Encyclopaedia Biblica', (4 volumes) 1899-1903.