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Jacob M. Myers

Myers was born on October 25, 1904, in West Manchester, Pennsylvania, to Harvey A. Myers and his wife Annie (née Seiffert).^[2]

His academic education started at Gettysburg Seminary followed by the Temple University in Philadelphia. His PhD work was done at Johns Hopkins University in Semitics and completed in 1946.^[2] Whilst at Johns Hopkins he came under the profound influence of Professor W. F. Albright.^[2]

Selected works[edit]

Books[edit]

• 1 Chronicles. Anchor Yale Bible. Vol. 12. 1965. ISBN 978-0-3850-1259-1.
• 2 Chronicles. Anchor Yale Bible. Vol. 13. Yale University Press. 1965. ISBN 978-0-3850-3757-0.
• Ezra - Nehemiah. Anchor Yale Bible. Vol. 14. Yale University Press. 1965. ISBN 978-0-3850-4695-4.
• 1 and 2 Esdras. Anchor Yale Bible. Vol. 42. Yale University Press. 1974. ISBN 978-0-3850-0426-8.
• The World of the Restoration. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 1968. ISBN 978-0-1396-8214-8.
• Bream, Howard N.; et al., eds. (1974). A Light Into My path; Old Testament studies in honor of Jacob M. Myers. Gettysburg Theological Studies IV. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-0-87722-026-8.
• Invitation to the Old Testament: a Layman's Guide to Its Major Religious Messages. Doubleday. 1966.
• Grace and Torah. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press. 1975. ISBN 978-0-8006-1099-9.
• Bream, Howard N.; et al., eds. (1969). Search the Scriptures: New Testament studies in honor of Raymond T. Stamm. Leiden: Brill.
• The Layman's Bible Commentary: The Book of Hosea, the Book of Joel, the Book of Amos, the Book of Obadiah, the Book of Jonah. Westminster John Knox Press. 1960. ISBN 978-0-8042-3074-2.
• The Linguistic and Literary Form of the Book of Ruth. Leiden: Brill. 1955.

Articles & chapters[edit]

• "Ezra and Nehemiah". Encyclopedia Biblica.^[2]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Festschrift profile for Myers