author
T. K. (Thomas Kelly) Cheyne
1841–1915
A pioneering English biblical scholar, he helped bring modern critical study of the Old Testament into Oxford and to a wider reading public. He is also remembered for editing major reference works that shaped Bible scholarship at the turn of the 20th century.
2 Audiobooks
The Reconciliation of Races and Religions
by T. K. (Thomas Kelly) Cheyne
Job and Solomon: Or, The Wisdom of the Old Testament
by T. K. (Thomas Kelly) Cheyne
About the author
Thomas Kelly Cheyne was an English divine and biblical critic, born in London in 1841. He studied at Merchant Taylors’ School and at Oxford, later spending time in Göttingen, where he encountered German theological methods that strongly influenced his work.
He became one of the leading British Old Testament scholars of his day. Cheyne served as a fellow of Balliol College and later as Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture and canon of Rochester. His writing and editing helped introduce newer, more critical approaches to biblical study in England.
Among his best-known contributions are his studies of the prophets and the Psalms, along with his work as co-editor of the ambitious Encyclopaedia Biblica. For listeners coming to his books now, he stands out as a serious, energetic scholar whose work captures a moment when biblical scholarship was rapidly changing.