In 1943 the German biblical scholar Martin Noth suggested that this history was composed by a single author / editor, living in the time of the Exile ( 6th century BCE ).

As noted by biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan, the book of Esther contains specific details regarding certain subject matter ( for example, Persian rule ) which are historically inaccurate.

In her article “ The Book of Esther and Ancient Storytelling ,” biblical scholar Adele Berlin discusses the reasoning behind scholarly concern of the historicity of Esther.

Ezra Abbot ( April 28, 1819, Jackson, Maine – March 21, 1884, Cambridge, Massachusetts ) was an American biblical scholar.

Based on such internal evidence, biblical scholar John Elliott summarizes the addressees ’ situation as one marked by undeserved suffering.

For biblical scholar John Knox, the use of the word “ name ” in 4: 14-16 is the “ crucial point of contact ” with that in Pliny ’ s letter.

* 1902 – E. A. Speiser, American biblical scholar ( d. 1965 )

Kathleen Kenyon was the eldest daughter of Sir Frederic Kenyon, a biblical scholar and later director of the British Museum.

Paul Tillich has argued for such a concept within Christian theology, as has liberal biblical scholar Marcus Borg and mystical theologian Matthew Fox, an Episcopal priest.

This claim was first put forward by the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith.

* 24-Derek Prince, 88, biblical scholar, author.

* January 24 – E. A. Speiser, American biblical scholar ( d. 1965 )

* November 25 – Andrew Harper, Scottish – Australian biblical scholar and teacher ( b. 1844 )

* May 17 – Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar ( d. 1918 )

* November 13 – Andrew Harper, Scottish-Australian biblical scholar and teacher ( d. 1936 )

** Edward Pococke, English Orientalist and biblical scholar ( d. 1691 )

* February 13 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar ( b. 1515 )

* February 27 – Johann David Michaelis, German biblical scholar and teacher ( d. 1791 )

* September 8 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar ( d. 1585 )

German scholar Wilhelm Gesenius published a study of the Samaritan Pentateuch in 1815 which biblical scholars widely embraced for the next century.

* Jean Morin ( 1591 – 1659 ), theologian and biblical scholar of Protestant parents

Saint Jerome, a biblical scholar who translated the Bible into Latin ( the Vulgate ), was famous for his severe penances in the desert.

* Osman Cleander Baker, biblical scholar and bishop

* G. B. Caird, biblical scholar, Senior Tutor, and Principal ; later Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford.

* Lincoln Hurst, biblical scholar and film historian

", while Wells ' conclusions have been criticized by biblical scholars and ecclesiastical historians such as W. H. C. Frend and Robert E. Van Voorst.

The first biblical scholar to propose an origin for Jubilees was Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ).

Mythos editor Robert M. Price argues that Lovecraft could have combined the biblical names Anathoth ( Jeremiah's home town ) and Azazel ( a desert demon to which the scapegoat was sacrificed — mentioned by Lovecraft in " The Dunwich Horror ").

* Robert Young ( biblical scholar ) ( 1822 – 1888 ), Scottish publisher, author of Young's Literal Translation of the Bible

The Tuckers were longtime admirers of Colonel Robert B. Thieme, Jr., the founder and former pastor of Berachah Church in Houston, who was described in an Associated Press article as " known for unorthodox biblical interpretations and for verbal attacks on liberals, welfare recipients, homosexuals and others.

* Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ), clergyman and biblical scholar

Verse breaks – or versification – were introduced to the biblical text by Robert Estienne in 1551 in order to make the texts easier to read and to memorize.

By the late 1930s, critic Christian Brinton, artists N. C. Wyeth and John McCoy, collector Albert C. Barnes, dealer Robert Carlen and curators Dorothy Miller and Holger Cahill championed Pippin's distinctive paintings that captured his childhood memories and war experiences, scenes of everyday life, landscapes, portraits, biblical subjects, and American historical events.

The faction was led by Robert Lowe and Lord Elcho ; the name was coined by John Bright, a biblical reference that would have been widely understood at the time.

Robert Horton Gundry is a biblical scholar.

The album did have some critical support, particularly from Robert Christgau of The Village Voice, who wrote " To my astonishment, I think Under the Red Sky is Dylan's best album in 15 years, a record that may even signal a ridiculously belated if not totally meaningless return to form ... It's fabulistic, biblical ... the tempos are postpunk like it oughta be, with Aronoff's sprints and shuffles grooving ahead like ' 60s folk-rock never did.

After Robert Bruce Banner was temporarily cured of being the Hulk by siphoning off the gamma radiation that caused his transformations, Samson, who had been working with Banner / Hulk in his job as a psychiatrist, exposed himself to some of the siphoned radiation, granting him a superhumanly strong and muscular physique and causing his hair to turn green and to grow long, reminiscent of his biblical namesake.

Robert W. Funk ( July 18, 1926 – September 3, 2005 ), an American biblical scholar, was founder of the controversial Jesus Seminar and the nonprofit Westar Institute in Santa Rosa, California.

In the field of Psychological biblical criticism, J. H. Ellens and W. G. Rollins address the narrative of Genesis 9: 18 – 27 that narrates the unconventional behavior that occurs between Noah and Ham.

Joseph H. Hertz, a 20th century Jewish biblical commentator, writes that these verses " depict the continuance on the subconscious plane of the mental and moral conflict in Balaam's soul ; and the dream apparition and the speaking donkey is but a further warning to Balaam against being misled through avarice to violate God's command.

In addition to biblical scenes, his finest works included a portrait of H M Queen Elizabeth 1953, and President Kennedy, in the early 60s.

Bearing the inscription " For the redemption of Jerusalem the H ( oly )" in a mixture of paleo-Hebrew ( biblical ) and Aramaic, only 6 of these coins have ever been found.