W. O. E. Oesterley
Rev. William Oscar Emil Oesterley (Calcutta 1866–1950) was a Church of England theologian, and professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at King's College, London, from 1926.[1] His many books span a wide range of topics from Bible commentary and Christian doctrine, Judaism and ancient Israel to more general subjects such as Sacred Dance.
His father Emil was representative of the London-based German firm Ernsthausen and Oesterley in Calcutta, and from 1860 British Consul.[2]
Oesterley was educated at Brighton College, Jesus College, Cambridge (BD, 1902[3]) and Wells Theological College.[4] He was vicar of St Alban's Church, Acton Green, Chiswick in 1923.[5] He was Rector of St. Mary, Aldermary in 1923 and had curacies in Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham, St. Botolph's, Colchester, St. Nicholas, Brighton, and Prebendary of St. Paul's, London in 1936.[6]
Works
[edit]- The Doctrine of The Last Things: Jewish and Christian (1908)
- The Evolution of The Messianic Idea: A Study In Comparative Religion (1908)
- The First Book of Samuel: The Revised Version. Edited with Introduction and Notes. For the use of schools (1913)
- 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)
- Sacred Dance in the Ancient World: a Study in Comparative Folklore (1923) - analysis of history of sacred dance and ecstatic dance
- 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
- The General Epistle of James [The Expositor's Greek Testament, vol. 4, ed. W.R. Nicoll] (1910, reprinted in 1960 and 1983)
- Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach; or, Ecclesiasticus, Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, 1912.
With the illustrator T. H. Robinson:
- The Jewish Background of Christian Liturgy (1925)
- Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament (1934)
With G. H. Box:
- The Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Pirke Aboth) (Translation and Commentary) (1919)
- A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediaeval Judaism (1920)
References
[edit]- ^ biography in Who was who: a companion to Who's who : containing the biographies of those who died during the period Vol 4: 1941 – 1950 1967 p862
- ^ Bulletins and other state intelligence compiled and arranged from ...: Part 1 – Page 756 1860 The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Emil Oesterley, as Consul at Calcutta
- ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36775. London. 23 May 1902. p. 4.
- ^ biography in Elgin Sylvester Moyer Who was who in church history 1968 p313
- ^ Sacred Dance (Preface), February 1923. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Who Was Who.(1941–1950) Vol. IV. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1952. pp. 862–3.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about W. O. E. Oesterley at the Internet Archive
- Works by W. O. E. Oesterley at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- LibraryThing: List of works by W.O.E. Oesterley
