The essays reprinted in this volume capture the main contributions to international Hebrew and biblical scholarship by one of the leading scholars of his time. Their profound learning and rigorous argument offer an example of scholarly writing at its best.
John Emerton was Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University from 1968 to 1995 and is a former Editor of Vetus Testamentum and its Supplements (1975-97). His work is characterised by profound learning and rigorous argument. He published detailed articles on a wide range o…