Quote of the day
I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.
William Robertson Smith
Born: November 8, 1846
Died: March 31, 1894 (aged 47)
Bio: William Robertson Smith was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica and contributor to the Encyclopaedia Biblica.
Known for:
- Religion of the Semites (1889)
- Lectures on the religion of the Semites (1889)
- Kinship & marriage in early Arabia (1885)
- The Old Testament in the Jewish church (1881)
- The prophets of Israel