• Peter Runham Ackroyd (15 September 1917 – 23 January 2005) was a British Biblical scholar, Anglican priest, and former Congregational minister. From 1961...
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  • biographer, novelist and critic Peter Ackroyd (biblical scholar) (1917–2005), British Old Testament scholar Poppy Ackroyd (born 1982), British composer...
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  • in biblical studies, usually in departments of religious studies, theology, Judaic studies, history, or comparative literature. Biblical scholars do not...
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    United Kingdom Yong Pung How, former Chief Justice of Singapore Peter Ackroyd, Biblical scholar Michael Apted, TV and film director and producer Mike Atherton...
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    following were educated at the then Harrow County School for Boys: Peter Ackroyd, Biblical scholar Clive Anderson, comedy writer and broadcaster Kenneth Bagshawe...
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  • In de Jonge, H. J.; Auwers, J. M. (eds.). The Biblical Canons. Leuven University Press. p. 315. Ackroyd, P. R.; Evans, C. F., eds. (1970). The Cambridge...
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    Exegesis (redirect from Biblical Exegesis)
    of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretations of...
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    one notable settlement being Tel-Abib near the city of Nippur. Biblical scholar Niels Peter Lemche suggests that the exiled Judeans experienced a lifestyle...
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  • Hawksmoor (novel) (category Novels by Peter Ackroyd)
    Hawksmoor is a 1985 novel by English writer Peter Ackroyd. It won Best Novel at the 1985 Whitbread Awards and the Guardian Fiction Prize. It tells the...
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  • There is much disagreement within biblical scholarship today over the authorship of the Bible. The majority of scholars believe that most of the books of...
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  • the Scope of Biblical Studies". The Journal of Theological Studies. 65 (2): 407–424. doi:10.1093/jts/flu109. 'ACKROYD, Rev. Prof. Peter Runham', Who Was...
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  • Letters from 1977. His The Semantics of Biblical Language (1961), in which he criticised the tendency of many scholars to rely on linguistically flawed arguments...
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    vicar to "uphold orthodox biblical standards on ethical issues such as same-sex relationships". Peter Ackroyd, Biblical scholar, was an honorary curate...
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  • March 2010). The Transformation of Biblical Proper Names. A&C Black. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-567-45224-5. Peter R. Ackroyd (8 December 1977). The Second Book...
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    modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category): Peter Ackroyd, Biblical scholar, brought up in Harrow Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer, born in...
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  • Development of the New Testament canon (category Development of the Christian biblical canon)
    associates, rather than claims of divine inspiration. However, some biblical scholars with diverse disciplines now reject the claim that any texts of the...
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  • the Bible (1981) Israel's Prophetic Tradition: Essays in Honour of Peter R. Ackroyd (edited, with Anthony Phillips and Michael Knibb) (1982) Nahum, Obadiah...
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    In de Jonge, H. J.; Auwers, J. M (eds.). The Biblical Canons. Leuven University Press. p. 315. Ackroyd & Evans 1970, p. 308. Bateman, C. G. (3 August...
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    Codex Sinaiticus (category 4th-century biblical manuscripts)
    texts of the New Testament, along with Codex Vaticanus. Until German Biblical scholar (and manuscript hunter) Constantin von Tischendorf's discovery of Codex...
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    and has been of particular interest to modern scholars because of its similarity to the later biblical Book of Proverbs. Amenemope belongs to the literary...
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    Biblical Literature. 65 (3): 277–292. doi:10.2307/3262666. JSTOR 3262666. Eissfeldt, Otto (1965). The Old Testament: An Introduction. Peter Ackroyd,...
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    Charles Dickens Museum. Johnson 1969 for the serial publication dates. Ackroyd, Peter (1990). Dickens. London: Sinclair-Stevenson. ISBN 978-1-85619-000-8...
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    William Tyndale (category 16th-century Christian biblical scholars)
    Tindall, Tindill, Tyndall; c. 1494 – October 1536) was an English biblical scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation...
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    Barnabas Lindars (category Anglican biblical scholars)
    Morgan & Scott; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974. ISBN 0-8028-1864-1 Peter R. Ackroyd and Barnabas Lindars (Ed.), Words dans Meanings / Essays presented...
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    17 (3): 339–352. doi:10.1177/004057366001700308. S2CID 170946047. Ackroyd, Peter (2006). Shakespeare: The Biography (First Anchor Books ed.). Anchor...
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    Arnold; R. Basset; R. Hartmann (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (1st ed.). Ackroyd, Peter R. (1968). Exile and Restoration: A Study of Hebrew Thought in the Sixth...
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    Thomas More (category Burials at the Church of St Peter ad Vincula)
    Michael Farris cite Foxe when repeating these allegations. Biographer Peter Ackroyd also lists claims from Foxe's Book of Martyrs and other post-Reformation...
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  • Lester L. Grabbe (category American biblical scholars)
    revisited essays on the Babylonian and Persian periods in memory of Peter R. Ackroyd Leading captivity captive : "the Exile" as history and ideology ISBN 9781850759072...
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    Shakespeare's grandfather Richard had also once used the name Shakeshafte. Peter Ackroyd adds that examinations of the marginal notes in the Hoghton family copy...
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    " There are literary precursors for Scrooge in Dickens's own works. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens's biographer, sees similarities between the character and the...
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