Robert Charles (scholar)

Robert Henry Charles (* 1855, † 1931 ) was an English biblical scholar and theologian.

Life

Charles is especially known for translations of apocryphal and pseudepigrapher writings, as well as their critical editions, for example, the Book of Jubilees (1895 ), the Ethiopian Book of Enoch (1906 ), and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (1908 ) which widely disseminated. The intertestamental literature of ancient Judaism was ever available to the public through his work. This allowed both a new understanding of early Judaism beyond his Pharisaic- rabbinic mainstream as well as the perception of the New Testament in the overall context of its historical and religious environment.

He received his education at Queen's College (Belfast ) and Trinity College ( Dublin). He was Professor of Biblical Greek at Trinity College Dublin. He was archdeacon of Westminster.

• Biblical scholars
• University teachers (Dublin)
• Briton
• Born in 1855
• Died in 1931
• Man