Series of lectures delivered and published under the auspices of the British Academy
The Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology are a series of lectures delivered and published under the auspices of the
British Academy. The Leopold Schweich Trust Fund, set up in 1907, was a gift from
Miss Constance Schweich in memory of her father. It provided for three public lectures to be delivered annually (now triennially) on subjects related to ‘the archaeology, art, history, languages and literature of Ancient Civilization with reference to Biblical Study’. The three papers given by each lecturer are published together in book form, by
Oxford University Press. There have been many reprintings.
Catalogue of titles
Book details are preceded by the year of delivery of the lectures. The date of publication is usually a year or two later.
1908. Modern Research as illustrating the Bible. by
S.R. Driver
1909. The Composition of the Book of Isaiah in the Light of History and Archaeology. by
Robert H Kennett
1910. The Early Poetry of Israel in its Physical and Social Origins. by
George Adam Smith
1928. The Old and New Testaments in Muslim Religious Art. by
Thomas W Arnold
1929. A Comparative Study of the Literatures of Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia: Egypt’s Contribution to the Literature of the Ancient World. by
T. Eric Peet
1930. Ancient Synagogues in Palestine and Greece. by
E L Sukenik
1931. Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom as Indicated in Law, Narrative and Metaphor. by
R. H. Kennett
1932. Recent Developments in the Textual Criticism of the Greek Bible. by
Frederic G. Kenyon
1933. Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars. by
S. Langdon