Rev. William Oscar Emil Oesterley (Calcutta 1866–1950) was a Church of England

Church of England

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 theologian, and professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at King's College, London, from 1926.

His father Emil was representative of the London based German firm Ernsthausen and Oesterley in Calcutta, and from 1860 British Consul. W. O. E. was educated at Brighton College, Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College, Cambridge

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 and Wells Theological College

Wells Theological College

Wells Theological College began operation in 1840 within the Cathedral Close of Wells Cathedral. In 1971 it merged with Salisbury Theological College, the students moved to Salisbury, and the new institution became known as the Salisbury & Wells Theological College, now Sarum College.The official...

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Works

• The Doctrine of The Last Things: Jewish and Christian (1908)
• The Evolution of The Messianic Idea: A Study In Comparative Religion (1908)
• Books of The Apocrypha: Their Origin Teaching and Contents (1915)
• The Wisdom of Ben Sira (1916)
• Immortality and The Unseen World: A Study In Old Testament Religion (1921)
• A History of Israel vol. 2; From 586 B.C.E. to A.D. 135 (1932)
• An Introduction to the Books of the Apocrypha (1935)
• The Gospel Parables In The Light of Their Jewish Background (1936)
• Sacrifices In Ancient Israel: Their Origin, Purposes and Development (1937)
• The Jews and Judaism During the Greek Period (1941)
• Commentary on the Psalms (1939)
• Proverbs (1929)
• Studies In The Greek And Latin Versions Of The Book Of Amos
• A Fresh Approach to the Psalms (1937)
• Ancient Hebrew Poems (1938)
• The Jews and Judaism during The Greek Period: The Background of Christianity (1941)
• Wisdom of Egypt and the Old Testament in the Light of the Newly discovered Teaching of Amen-em-ope, with T. H. Robinson:
• The Jewish Background of Christian Liturgy (1925)
• Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament (1934)

with G.H. Box:

• A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediaeval Judaism (1920)