Valerius Coucke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Valerius Coucke

priest, professor, scholar

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1888

Place of Birth: West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1951

Profession: biblical scholar

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Valerius Josephus (Latin; Flemish: Valeer Jozef; French: Valère Joseph) Coucke, 1888–1951, was a Belgian scholar and priest who was professor at the Grootseminarie Brugge (Grand Séminaire de Bruges) in the 1920s.
His importance to modern scholarship comes from his writings in the field of Old Testament chronology.
His study of the methods of the authors of the books of Kings and Chronicles led him to conclusions that were later discovered, independently, by Edwin R.
Thiele.
A distinctive of his approach was the use of citations in classical authors in order to obtain fixed dates in biblical history, most notably the date for the beginning of construction of Solomon’s Temple.