Eaton, John Herbert

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EATON, John Herbert

EATON, John Herbert. British, b. 1927. Genres: Animals/Pets, Theology/Religion. Career: St. George's Upper School, Jerusalem, teacher, 1953-56; University of Birmingham, assistant lecturer, 1956-59, lecturer, 1959-69, sr. lecturer, 1969-77, reader, Dept., of Theology, 1977-92, retired, 1992. Publications: Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah: Introduction and Commentary, 1961; Psalms: Introduction and Commentary, 1967; Kingship and the Psalms, 1976, 1986; Festal Drama in Deutero-Isaiah, 1979; First Studies in Biblical Hebrew, 1980; Vision in Worship, 1981; Readings in Biblical Hebrew, 1982; The Psalms Come Alive, 1984; Job, 1985; The Contemplative Face of Old Testament Wisdom, 1989; Interpreted by Love: Expositions of Great Old Testament Passages, 1994; Psalms of the Way and the Kingdom, 1995; The Circle of Creation: Animals in the Light of the Bible, 1995; Mysterious Messengers: A Course on Hebrew Prophecy from Amos Onwards, 1998; A Historical and Spiritual Commentary on the Psalms, with a New Translation, 2003. Address: 19 Sandhills Lane, Barnt Green, Birmingham B45 8NU, England.