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Charles Foster Kent
1867–1925
A leading American Old Testament scholar of the early 20th century, he spent much of his career making biblical history and literature more accessible to general readers as well as students. His books reflect a clear, practical style and a strong interest in how scripture connects with history, geography, and social life.
6 Audiobooks
The Children's Bible
by Charles Foster Kent, Henry A. Sherman
Biblical Geography and History
by Charles Foster Kent
Twelve Studies on the Making of a Nation: The Beginnings of Israel's History
by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, Charles Foster Kent
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism
by Charles Foster Kent
Christianity and Problems of To-day: Lectures Delivered Before Lake Forest College on the Foundation of the Late William Bross
by John H. (John Huston) Finley, Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, Charles Foster Kent, Paul Elmer More, Robert Bruce Taylor
The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament
by Charles Foster Kent
About the author
Born in Palmyra, New York, in 1867, he studied at Yale, earning an A.B. in 1889 and a Ph.D. in 1891, and then continued his studies at the University of Berlin. He later taught at the University of Chicago and Brown before joining Yale, where he became Woolsey Professor of Biblical Literature.
He was known especially as an Old Testament scholar and teacher. Alongside his university work, he wrote and edited books that aimed to bring biblical study to a wider audience, including works on biblical history, geography, and the social teachings of the prophets and Jesus.
He died in 1925. Today he is remembered as a scholar who helped present biblical scholarship in a way that was organized, readable, and inviting for non-specialists as well as serious students.