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Kirsopp Lake

Entity ID:
kirsopp-lake
Long Name:
Lake, Kirsopp, 1872-1946
Short Name:
Kirsopp Lake
Disambiguation String:
British Biblical and patristic scholar
Entity Type:
person
Entity Subtype:
author
Wikipedia
Summary:

Born at Southampton (England), Lake attended St. Paul's School, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford. After ordination into the Church of England he was curate of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, from 1897 to 1904. There he began his career as an academic writer, publishing The Text of the New Testament (1900).

For the next ten years Lake was professor of early Christian literature at the University of Leyden (Holland), where he wrote more books, including The Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (1907). In 1914 be crossed the Atlantic to become a professor at Harvard. He remained at that school until his retirement in 1938.

Perhaps Lake's greatest contribution to learning was the series of volumes he wrote with F J. Foakes-Jackson entitled The Beginnings of Christianity: Part 1; The Acts of the Apostles (1920-1923). In the study of Christianity's origins and in New Testament textul criticism, Lake was a pioneer.

Viaf ID:
29657758
DB Pedia ID:
Kirsopp_Lake
Biblical Status:
canonical
Is An Individual:
Yes
Is Published:
Yes
Birth Date:
April 7, 1872
Death Date:
November 10, 1946
Occupation:
British Biblical and patristic scholar
Works:

Apostolic Fathers: I Clement, II Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Didache, Barnabas, The Shepherd of Hermas, The Martyrdom of Polycarp, The Epistle of Dio