The following Schweich Lectures are now available on-line in PDF:
A E Cowley [1861-1931], The Hittites. The Schweich Lectures for 1918. London: Oxford University Press, 1920. Hbk. pp.94.
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Today’s free book is the 1925 Schweich Lectures by Stanley A. Cook on The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Light of Archaeology, given at the British Academy. The volume contains 40 black and white plates. This title is in the public domain. Stanley A Cook [1873-1949], The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Light…
The following public domain title from the Schweich Lectures series is now available on-line in PDF: D.S. Margoliouth [1858-1940], The Relations between Arabs and Israelites prior to the Rise of Islam. The Schweich Lectures 1921. London: Oxford University Press, 1924. Hbk. pp.87. Click <<HERE>> for the download link. More Schweich Lectures can be found HERE.
The following Public Domain article is now available on-line in PDF. Theophilus G. Pinches [1856-1934], “Discoveries in Babylonia and the Neighbouring Lands,” Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 41 (1909): 99-122. Discoveries in Babylonia and the Neighbouring Lands Gradually, but surely and ever more speedily, Assyriology is becoming the most important study in the domain…
The following lectures are now available on-line in PDF: Moses Gaster [1856-1939], The Samaritans: Their History, Doctrines and Literature. The Schweich Lectures 1923. London: Oxford Univesity Press, 1925. Hbk. pp.208. Click <<HERE>> for the link. More Schweich Lectures can be found <<HERE>>
Archibald Sayce [1845-1933] made significant contributions in the field of Biblical Archaeology, not least for his pioneering work on the Empire of the Hittites. Many of his books are still being reprinted today, which is probably as good an endorsement of their enduring value as you can get. Sayce also contributed a biblical archaeology column in the…
Prologue Hammurabi Code Louvre AO10237 [Public Domain photo source: Wikipedia] I am pleased to announce that the following book is now online: C.H.W. Johns [1857-1920], The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples. The Schweich Lectures 1912. London: Oxford University Press, 1914. Hbk. pp.96. [This material is in the…
