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C. J. (Charles James) Ball
d. 1924
A Victorian-era biblical scholar and clergyman, he wrote widely on the Old Testament and was especially known for bringing Hebrew and Assyriology into his commentary work. His books connect careful scholarship with a readable style that helped shape religious study for general readers.
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The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah With a Sketch of His Life and Times
by C. J. (Charles James) Ball
About the author
Born in 1851, Charles James Ball was an English scholar, clergyman, and author whose work ranged across biblical studies, Hebrew, Assyriology, and Egyptology. Sources describe him as a classical and Hebrew master at Merchant Taylors' School, later chaplain of Lincoln's Inn, a reader in Assyriology at Oxford, and eventually rector of St. Giles, Bletchington.
Ball is best remembered for his writing on the Old Testament, including work on Jeremiah and contributions to major Bible commentary projects. Accounts of his career consistently emphasize the breadth of his learning and his ability to explain difficult ancient texts in a way that served both serious students and general readers.
He died in 1924. While he is not a widely known popular author today, his books remain of interest to readers exploring older biblical scholarship and the history of interpretation.