s ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁and ▁Vice ▁President ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 1 1 . ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁Dr ▁Bur ney ▁became ▁the ▁Ori el ▁Professor ▁of ▁the ▁Inter pret ation ▁of ▁Holy ▁Script ure , ▁and ▁was ▁addition ally ▁elected ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁Ori el ▁College , ▁Oxford ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 . ▁ ▁Bur ney ▁published ▁several ▁works ▁on ▁bib lic al ▁history . ▁In ▁Israel ' s ▁settlement ▁in ▁C ana an , ▁he ▁brought ▁much ▁new ▁or ▁newly ▁applied ▁material , ▁especially ▁from ▁Bab yl onian ▁sources , ▁to ▁explain ▁Israel ' s ▁early ▁residence ▁in ▁C ana an . ▁A ▁major ▁contribution ▁was ▁the ▁theory ▁that ▁Y ah we h ▁( Je hov ah ) ▁was ▁at ▁an ▁early ▁period ▁an ▁Am or ite ▁de ity . ▁In ▁The ▁Ar ama ic ▁Origin ▁of ▁the ▁Four th ▁G ospel ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁St ▁John ' s ▁G ospel ▁was ▁a ▁literal ▁Greek ▁translation ▁of ▁a ▁G ospel ▁written ▁in ▁Ar ama ic ▁by ▁a ▁Jewish ▁dis ci ple , ▁and ▁this ▁at ▁least ▁led ▁to ▁an ▁accepted ▁view ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁thought ▁in ▁Ar ama ic , ▁and ▁strength ened ▁the ▁probability ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁an ▁e y ew it ness . ▁ ▁Family ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 4