Charles Foster Kent
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Charles Foster Kent, Ph.D. (1867-1925) was an American
Old Testament
scholar, born at Palmyra, New York
, and educated at Yale
(A.B., 1889; Ph.D., 1891). He studied at the University of Berlin (1891-92).
He became an instructor at the University of Chicago
1893-95 and professor at Brown
and at Yale
after 1901. At Yale he was the Woolsey Professor of Biblical Literature.
His publications include:
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Old Testament
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
scholar, born at Palmyra, New York
Palmyra (town), New York
Palmyra is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 7,672 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the ancient city Palmyra in Syria....
, and educated at Yale
Yale College
Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
(A.B., 1889; Ph.D., 1891). He studied at the University of Berlin (1891-92).
He became an instructor at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
1893-95 and professor at Brown
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
and at Yale
Yale College
Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
after 1901. At Yale he was the Woolsey Professor of Biblical Literature.
His publications include:
- Outlines of Hebrew History (1895)
- A History of the Hebrew People (two volumes, 1896-97; second edition, 1912)
- A History of the Jewish People during the Babylonian, Persian, and Greek Periods (1899)
- The Messages of Israel's Lawgivers (1902, 1911)
- Israel's historical and Biographical Narratives (1905)
- Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament (1906, 1912)
- Israel's Laws and Traditional Precedents (1907)
- The Heroes and Crises of Early Hebrew History (1908, 1912)
- The Kings and Prophets of Israel and Judah (1909, 1912)
- The Makers and Teachers of Judaism (1911)
- Biblical Geography and History (1911)
- Life and Teachings of Jesus According to the Earliest Records (1913)
- The Songs, Hymns, and Prayers of the Old Testament (1914)
National Council on Religion in Higher Education
In 1922--shortly before his death--he helped found the National Council of Schools of Religion, an organization that would two years later become the National Council on Religion in Higher Education, which through conference sponsorship and its Kent Fellows scholarship program played a significant role in church-university activities. In the early 1960s it merged with the Danforth fellows program and became the Society for Religion in Higher Education. In 1975 it was renamed the Society for Values in Higher EducationSociety for Values in Higher Education
The Society for Values in Higher Education is a US-based non-profit membership organization. Founded in 1922 to promote the teaching of religious studies in American colleges and universities, the society’s members are now broadly interested in issues involving education, including pedagogy,...
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