<p>The Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce (1845-1933), was a pioneer British Assyriologist and linguist, who held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford from 1891 to 1919. He was able to write in at least twenty ancient and modern languages, and was known for his emphasis on the importance of archaeological and monumental evidence in linguistic research. He was a contributor to articles in the 9th, 10th and 11th editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica. In 1879 he resigned from his tutorship at Oxford to dedicate his time to his research and exploring the near East. In 1891, Sayce returned to Oxford to become the University's first Professor of Assyriology.</p>

Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations (Esprios Classics)

Sayce, REV A H

Biographies & Memoirs

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The Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce (1846-1933) was a pioneer Assyriologist and linguist who held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at Oxford from 1891 to 1919. He was born in Shirehampton, Bristol, a delicate child who suffered from tuberculosis and got a late start, he soon caught up with a private tutor and was reading Homer in Greek at ten. He attended Queens College, Oxford, becoming a fellow in 1869. Sayce turned his attention to Egyptology and archives were discovered at Hattusa that unlocked the language spoken there. Lectures were his favourite vehicle for publication. Sayce was working at El Kab in Egypt in the 1900s. In his seasonal winter digs in Egypt, he always hired a well-furnished boat on the Nile to accommodate his travelling library.

Patriarchal Palestine (Dodo Press)

History

Middle East

Dodo Press

[A] new people appeared on the scene, bringing with them the elements of a high culture and a knowledge of working in metals. These were the Pharaonic Egyptians, who seem to have come from Babylonia and the coasts of southern Arabia. Cities were built and kingdoms were founded on the banks of the Nile, and the Early Israel and the surrounding .population was forced to become the serfs of the new-comers, to cultivate their fields, to confine the Nile within artificial boundaries, and to carry out those engineering works which have made the valley of the Nile what it is to-day. -from "Chapter V: Egypt"  A.H. Sayce was one of the most controversial figures in the field of biblical archaeology at the turn of the 20th century, a popularizer of ancient history who sought to prove the veracity of the Bible as an historical document.   This 1899 work leaves no doubt as to why he enjoyed such success with the public: this is a compulsively readable work, yet one of formidable scholarship as well.  A brisk study of the legendary places of the Bible-and of the dawn of human civilization-Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations briefly explores the landscapes and the cultures of Israel, Canaan, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Arabia, Syria, Asia Minor with wit and panache. It remains an excellent foundation for appreciating the Biblical as history and as literature.  Also available from Cosimo Classics: Sayce's The Hibbert Lectures, 1887: Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of the Ancient Babylonians  British classical scholar ARCHIBALD HENRY SAYCE (1845-1933), a fellow and lecturer in Assyriology at Oxford, is best known for his book The History of Hebrews and his deciphering of the Hittite language. An expert in Ancient Near Eastern civilization and culture, he also authored Assyria: Its Princes, Priests and People and The Races of the Old Testament.

Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations

Europe

Cosimo Classics

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