Author:William Robertson Smith
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For authors with similar names, see William Smith.
Works
[edit]- Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition, editor (1880-1889), with Thomas Spencer Baynes, and also an article author
- The Old Testament in the Jewish Church (Edinburgh: A. & C. Black 1881); second edition (London 1892).
- The Prophets of Israel and their place in history, to the close of the 8th century B.C. (Edinburgh: A. & C. Black 1882), reprinted with introduction and notes by T. K. Cheney (London: A. & C. Black 1895).
- Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia (Cambridge University 1885); second edition, with additional notes by the Author and by Professor Ignaz Goldziher, Budapest, and edited by Stanley A. Cook (London: A. & C. Black 1903); reprint 1963 Beacon Press, Boston.
- Lectures on the Religion of the Semites. Fundamental Institutions. First Series (London: Adam & Charles Black 1889); second edition, edited by J. S. Black (1894); reprint 1956 Meridian Library, New York.
- Lectures on the Religion of the Semites. Second and Third Series, edited with an introduction by John Day (Sheffield Academy 1995).
Pamphlets: Heresy Trial
[edit]- "Answer to the form of libel" (Edinburgh: Douglas 1878).
- "Additional answer to the libel" (Edinburgh: Douglas 1878).
- "Answer to the amended libel" (Edinburgh: Douglas 1879).
- "An open letter to principal Rainy" (Edinburgh: Douglas 1880).
- "Angel," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (2) (1878)
- "Ark of the Covenant," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (2) (1878)
- "Baal," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (3) (1878)
- "Canticles," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (5) (1878)
- "Decalogue," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (7) (1878)
- "Eli," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (8) (1878)
- "Temple," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (23) (1888)
- "Tithes," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (23) (1888) (in part)
- "Tobit, The Book of," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (23) (1888)
- "Preface," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (25) (1889) (Preface to the index.)
- "Bedwell, William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Baal," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Canticles," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by another author)
- "Chronicles, Books of," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "David (king of Judah)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Decalogue," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Eli," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Elijah," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Elisha," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Eve," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with Thomas Kelly Cheyne)
- "Haggai," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Hosea," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Joel," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Jubilee, Year of," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Malachi," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Mecca," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Medina," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Melchizedek," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Messiah," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Owen Charles Whitehouse)
- "Micah," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Moloch," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Nabataeans," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Nazarite," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Numeral," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Obadiah," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Henry Wheeler Robinson)
- "Phylactery," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Priest," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Owen Charles Whitehouse)
- "Prophet," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part; updated by Owen Charles Whitehouse)
- "Reuchlin, Johann," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Rameses," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Francis Llewellyn Griffith)
- "Ruth, Book of," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Sabbath," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (updated by Stanley Arthur Cook)
- "Salt," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) Ancient History and Religious Symbolism
- "Teraphim," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Tyre," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
Works about Smith
[edit]- "Smith, William Robertson," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Smith, William Robertson," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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