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The Influence of the English Bible upon the English Language and upon
English and American Literature
By Oscar Joseph
1935
22 pages
$12.00
Prepared in 1935 on the commemoration of four hundred years of the printed English
Bible, this work surveys the influence of the English Bible on writers such
as Shakespeare, Shelley, Burns, Coleridge, Tennyson, Dickens,
and Poe.
Classic Reprints No. 2
An Epistle to the Learned Nobilitie of England. Touching Translating the Bible
from the Original, with Ancient Warrant for Everie Worde, unto the Full Satisfaction
of Any That be of Hart
By Hugh Broughton
1597
60 pages
$15.00
Hugh Broughton (1549-1612), a famed English Hebrew scholar,
is most remembered for his attacks on the King James Bible when it was first
published. This "epistle" was
written before the translators were selected, and after Broughton had left
England for the Continent.
Classic Reprints No. 3
The Evidence of Greek Papyri with Regard to Textual Criticism
By Frederick G. Kenyon
1904
28 pages
$12.00
Well known for his writings on the textual criticism of the New Testament,
Frederick Kenyon here discusses the relation of the Greek papyri discovered
in Egypt
to the textual criticism of classical Greek authors.
Classic Reprints No. 4
A Sermon on Christian Baptism, With Many Quotations from Pedobaptist Authors.
To Which Are Added a Letter of the Church in Plymouth, Mass.; and an Address
on the Mode of Baptizing
By Adoniram Judson
Fifth American Edition
1846
116 pages
$20.00
Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) is well known as the great Baptist missionary
to Burma. What is not so well know, however, is that he left for the mission
field
a Congregationalist and came back a Baptist. While on his
voyage, he changed his views on the mode and subjects of baptism and
was later baptized. This sermon was first preached on September 27, 1812,
in Calcutta, India. This fifth American edition was the last revised and
enlarged
by the author.
Classic Reprints No. 5
The Immaculate Conception
By George W. Samson
1857
24 pages
$12.00
Reprinted from The Christian Review, this article by the Baptist
minister George Samson presents what the Bible says about Mary followed by
an examination
of the Roman Catholic teachings about Mary's virginity, maternity,
sinfulness, and conception.
Classic Reprints No. 6
The Vowel-Points Controversy in the XVI. and XVII. Centuries
By Bernhard Pick
1892
24 pages
$12.00
Reprinted from Hebraica, a journal in the interests of Semitic study,
this is a study of the debate in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
over the
origin of the vowel points in the Massoretic Hebrew text.
Classic Reprints No. 7
History of the Printed Editions of the Old Testament, together with a Description
of the Rabbinic and Polyglot Bibles
By Bernhard Pick
1892-1893
70 pages
$15.00
Reprinted from Hebraica, a journal in the interests of Semitic study,
this is a comprehensive history of the printed text of the Old Testament
beginning
with the first complete Hebrew Bible in 1488.
Classic Reprints No. 8
The Scriptural Anthropology
By George Boardman
1867
47 pages
$12.00
Originally appearing in The Baptist Quarterly, this series of three
articles by the nineteenth-century Baptist minister George Boardman explore
the nature
of man as it relates to his body, soul, and spirit.
Classic Reprints No. 9
Authorship and Introduction to the Epistle of Jude
By Eugene Arnaud
1858-1861
60 pages
$15.00
Translated from the French by Edward C. Mitchell, and originally
appearing in The
Christian Review, this is one of the most exhaustive studies
of the authorship of the New Testament epistle of Jude ever written.
Classic Reprints No. 10
The Great "She" Bible
By Walter E. Smith
1890
31 pages
$12.00
Originally appearing in The Library, this series of
three articles is an authoritative history of the second issue of the 1611
King James Bible,
commonly called the "she" Bible.
Classic Reprints No. 11
Unitarianism
By Edward B. Smith
1857-1858
66 pages
$15.00
Originally appearing in The Christian Review, this series of two
articles by the nineteenth-century Baptist minister Edward Smith is both
a refutation
of Unitarianism and a defense of the deity of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Classic Reprints No. 12
The Early Printed Editions of the Greek Testament
By Cuthbert Hamilton Turner
1924
28 pages
$12.00
Focusing mainly on the text of Erasmus, this is a brief history of the early
printed editions of the Greek New Testament.
Classic Reprints No. 13
The "Authorised Version" and Its Influence
By Albert S. Cook
1910
30 pages
$12.00
A study by an English professor of the literary character of the Authorized
Version and its influence on the English language.
Classic Reprints No. 14
Religious Persecution in Virginia
By George E. Dabney
1858
46 pages
$12.00
Originally appearing in The Christian Review, this series of two
articles by the nineteenth-century Baptist minister George Dabney is a concise
history
of the religious persecution of Baptists in Virginia in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries.
Classic Reprints No. 15
Baptists and Liberty of Conscience
By Henry C. Vedder
1884
58 pages
$12.00
Originally appearing in The Baptist Quarterly Review, this series
of three articles by the nineteenth-century Baptist minister and historian
Henry Vedder examines the preeminent role of English Baptists in the struggle
for
religious liberty during the period from Henry VIII to the Act
of Toleration (1500-1689).
Classic Reprints No. 16
Essay on the Right Estimation of Manuscript Evidence in the Text of the
New Testament
By Thomas Rawson Birks
1878
138 pages
$20.00
Written while the Revised Version was being translated, this book is a scathing
critique of the principles of textual criticism then in vogue--principles
still followed today by translators of modern Bible versions.
Classic Reprints No. 17
John Wycliffe
By Daniel Curry and C. E. Barrows
1853, 1879
69 pages
$15.00
Two nineteenth-century Baptist ministers each provide concise yet supplementary
biographies of John Wycliffe and his role in translating the Bible into English.
Classic Reprints No. 18
Deliver Us From Evil
By Frederick C. Cook
1881-1882
126 pages
$20.00
Written by an Anglican scholar in the form of two letters addressed
to the bishop of London, this is an extremely detailed study of the change
in the
last petition
of the "Lord's Prayer" adopted in the Revised
Version. Cook's work is just as relevant today as the day it was written since
most modern versions of the Bible also change the phrase "deliver
us from evil" (Mat. 6:13) as it appears in the Authorized Version.
Classic Reprints No. 19
Cardinal Ximenes: Statesman, Ecclesiastic, Soldier, and Man of
Letters, with an Account of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible
By James P. R. Lyell
1917
142 pages
$25.00
The life of Cardinal Ximenes, editor of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible,
published in 1522, with an account of that version. Illustrated with fourteen
plates,
and supplemented by a listing of existing copies of the Complutensian
Polyglot.
Classic Reprints No. 20
Baptists and the Reformation
By Philip S. Moxom, et al.
1877-1891
160 pages
$25.00
A compilation of articles by six nineteenth-century Baptist ministers on
the history, theology, and personalities of the Reformation from a Baptist
point
of view. Includes articles on Thomas Munzer, Henry III, Zwingli, and
Balthazar Hubmeyer, as well as articles on Protestant theology in general
and Luther's theology in particular.
Classic Reprints No. 21
A Study of the Inquisition
By J. C. Fernald
1881
25 pages
$12.00
Reprinted from The Baptist Review, this article by the Baptist minister
J. C. Fernald is a brief study of the origin, practices, and demise of the
Inquisition.
Classic Reprints No. 22
Baptism for the Dead
By S. W. Whitney, et al.
1852-1884
76 pages
$15.00
A compilation of articles by five nineteenth-century Baptist
ministers on the highly-controversial Mormon prooftext "baptized for the dead" in
1 Corinthians 15:29.
Classic Reprints No. 23
Spirit, Soul, and Flesh
By Ernest DeWitt Burton
1918
214 pages
$35.00
Originally appearing as a series of articles in the American
Journal of Theology from 1913-1916, and then reprinted in 1918 with additions and
revisions by the author, this is the definitive study of the usage of the
Greek words translated spirit, soul, and flesh in the New Testament, other
Greek writings, and translated works from the earliest period to 180
A.D., and of their equivalents in the Hebrew Old Testament.
Classic Reprints No. 24
The Rise of the Use of Pouring and Sprinkling for Baptism
By Norman Fox
1882
33 pages
$12.00
Reprinted from The Baptist Review, this article by the nineteenth-century
Baptist minister Norman Fox is a study of when, why, and how pouring and
sprinkling for baptism came to be used instead of immersion.
Classic Reprints No. 25
Luther as a Bible Translator
By Edward Rhiem
1884
26 pages
$12.00
Translated from the German by James F. Morton, and originally
appearing in The Baptist Quarterly Review, this is an analysis of Luther
as a Bible translator and the effect of his Bible on the German language.
Classic Reprints No. 26
Thomas Aquinas
By Richard M. Nott
1882
41 pages
$12.00
Originally appearing in The Baptist Review, this series of two articles
by the nineteenth-century Baptist minister Richard Nott is an
account of the life and legacy of the Roman Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas
from a Baptist point of view.
Classic Reprints No. 27
Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits
By J. R. Henderson, et al.
1841, 1843, 1884
92 pages
$15.00
A compilation of articles by three nineteenth-century Baptist ministers on
the history, principles, and policies of the Roman Catholic order of the
Jesuits,
and their founder, Ignatius Loyola.
Classic Reprints No. 28
Infant Baptism an Invention of Men
By Irah Chase
1863
272 pages
$35.00
First published by the American Baptist Publication Society, this exhaustive
treatise on baptism was originally written as a reply to the baptismal views
of Horace Bushnell. Includes additional articles on Origen's testimony
respecting the baptism of children and on baptism for the dead.
Classic Reprints No. 29
A Critical History of the Text of the New Testament; Wherein is Firmly
Established the Truth of Those Acts on Which the Foundation of Christian Religion
is Laid
By Richard Simon
Parts One and Two in One Volume
1689
369 pages
$75.00
Richard Simon (1638-1712),
a French Catholic scholar, was called the "father of biblical criticism." His
critical views of the text of the Bible anticipated the views of German rationalists
many years later. Simon's
work is being reprinted for its historical value rather than in defense of
his opinions.
Classic Reprints No. 30
Peter and the Papacy
By George Samson, et al.
1851-1882
79 pages
$15.00
A compilation of articles by four nineteenth-century Baptist ministers on
Peter and the Papacy. Includes articles on the relation of Peter to the Church
of
Rome, Peter's confession, the temporal power of the popes, and papal
infallibility.
Classic Reprints No. 31
The Royal "Injunctions" of 1538 and the "Great Bible," 1539-1541
By Henry Guppy
1938
47 pages
$12.00
Written by the noted former librarian of the John Rylands library
of the University of Manchester, and reprinted by special permission, this
article
was written
on the occasion of the four hundredth anniversaries of two memorable
events in the history of the English Bible: the royal injunctions
of 1538 authorizing "one book of the whole
Bible," and the publication of the Great Bible in 1539. Illustrated
with seven plates, including a likeness of Miles Coverdale.
Classic Reprints No. 32
William Tindale and the English Bible
By Henry Guppy
1925, 1936
66 pages
$15.00
Written by the noted former librarian of the John Rylands library of the
University of Manchester, and reprinted by special permission, this book
includes two
articles on William Tyndale and the English Bible. The first is
a brief sketch of the life of Tyndale written on the occasion of the
four hundredth anniversary of his death. The second is an account of
Tyndale and his Bible and those who translated the Bible into English
before him. Illustrated with twelve plates, including a likeness
of Tyndale.
Classic Reprints No. 33
Exposition of Romans 7:7-25
By W. N. Clarke
1875
27 pages
$12.00
Reprinted from The Baptist Quarterly, this article by the nineteenth-century
Baptist minister W. N. Clarke is a detailed exposition of a difficult passage
in the Apostle Paul's epistle to the Romans.
Classic Reprints No. 34
Adam and Christ
By A. C. Kendrick, et al.
1848-1885
91 pages
$15.00
A compilation of articles by five nineteenth-century Baptist ministers on
the relation between Adam and Christ as presented by the Apostle Paul in
Romans 5:12-21
Classic Reprints No. 35
The Old-Fashioned Bible, or Ten Reasons Against the Proposed Baptist Version
of the New Testament
By John Dowling
1850
36 pages
$12.00
A defense of the Authorized Version of the Bible by a nineteenth-century
Baptist minister against a proposed Baptist version.
Classic Reprints No. 36
A Vindication of our Authorized Translation and Translators of the Bible
By John Henry Todd
1819
158 pages
$25.00
A defense of the Authorized Version of the Bible by a nineteenth-century
Anglican scholar against two critics in favor of a new translation.
Classic Reprints No. 37
Struggles and Triumphs of Religious Liberty: An Historical Survey of Controversies
Pertaining to the Rights of Conscience, From the English Reformation to the
Settlement of New England
By Edward B. Underhill
1851
248 pages
$35.00
An exhaustive historical account of the development of religious liberty
in England and the role of the Baptists, Puritans, Brownists,
and Independents. The author concludes that the Baptists stood alone among
their contemporaries for liberal and enlightened views of
religious liberty.
Classic Reprints No. 38
Immersion Essential to Christian Baptism
By John A. Broadus
1892
66 pages
$15.00
A detailed treatise on the mode of baptism by the distinguished nineteenth-century
Baptist minister John Broadus.
Classic Reprints No. 39
Mohammed and Mohammedism
By Enoch Pond, et al.
1840, 1877
40 pages
$12.00
Two articles on the founder, history, and doctrines of Mohammedism by two
nineteenth-century Baptist ministers.
Classic Reprints No. 40
The Baptist Reply to James Dale on Baptism
By A. C. Kendrick, et al.
1869-1879
117 pages
$20.00
Presbyterian minister James Dale (1812-1881) authored what has been considered
by pedobaptists to be the definitive work on the mode of baptism. In his
five volumes on baptism, numbering over 1800 pages (Classic Baptism
[1867], Judaic Baptism [1869], Johannic Baptism [1871], Christic Baptism
[1874], and Patristic Baptism [1874]), Dale is credited with proving,
against the Baptists, that Christian baptism could not be by
immersion. Because Dale's volumes were reprinted in the 1990s, it
is essential that the Baptist reply to Dale, written during the period 1869-1879,
likewise be reprinted. This collection of articles is both
a devastating critique of Dale and a treatise on scriptural Baptism.
Also included are two reviews critical of Dale by writers for two
pedobaptist publications.
Classic Reprints No. 41
Which Version? Authorized or Revised
By Philip Mauro
1924
119 pages
$20.00
A defense of the Authorized Version of the Bible by a noted author, written
long before the present controversy over Bible versions, that is highly critical
of the Revised Version and the textual theories upon which it was based.
Classic Reprints No. 42
Religious Persecution in New England
By L. E. Smith, et al.
1838-1876
187 pages
$30.00
A compilation of articles by seven nineteenth-century Baptist ministers on
religious persecution in New England during the colonial period from a Baptist
point of view. Includes articles on ecclesiastical legislation, the Pilgrims
and the Puritans, Roger Williams and John Clarke, and the influence
of the Baptists on religious liberty.
Classic Reprints No. 43
The Bogomils of Bulgaria and Bosnia; or The Early Protestants of the East
By L. P. Brockett
1879
143 pages
$25.00
An exhaustive history of the churches of Bulgaria, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and
Armenia before the Reformation who gave allegiance to neither Constantinople
nor Rome. The author concludes that these churches were true successors in
all matters
of faith and practice of the churches founded by the apostles, and shows
their relationship to Baptists.
Classic Reprints No. 44
Notes on the Amended English Bible With Special Reference to Certain Texts
in the Revised Version of the Old and New Testaments Bearing upon the Principles
of Unitarian Christianity
Henry Ierson
1887
188 pages
$30.00
Originally published by the British and Foreign Unitarian Association, this
book was written after the publication of the Revised Version (1885) to show
how the corrections to the Authorized Version found in the Revised Version
are in line with the principles of Unitarianism. Although written by a Unitarian,
and written in favor of the Revised Version, this book is actually
an indictment of modern versions of the Bible since they for the most part
follow the readings of the Revised Version.
Classic Reprints No. 45
The Old Latin and the Itala
By F. C. Burkitt
1896, 1910
150 pages
$25.00
A technical work of textual criticism on Old Latin texts and versions in
which it is argued that the Latin version of the Bible mentioned by Augustine
under
the name of the Itala was the Vulgate of Jerome. Includes two articles by
the author from The Journal of Theological Studies in which he replies
to his critics and expands his arguments.
Classic Reprints No. 46
Objections to a Baptist Version of the New Testament
By William T. Brantly
1837
66 pages
$15.00
Originally appearing in The Christian Review, and then published
separately, this is a defense of the Authorized Version of the Bible by a
nineteenth-century
Baptist minister against a proposed Baptist version. Includes Additional
Reasons for Preferring the English Bible as it is,
by Octavius Winslow, which was added to the published edition.
Classic Reprints No. 47
The Excellence of the Authorized Version of the Sacred Scriptures
By James Lister
1820
32 pages
$12.00
A defense of the Authorized Version of the Bible by an English Baptist minister.
Classic Reprints No. 48
An Apology for the Common English Bible
By Arthur Cleveland Coxe
1857
72 pages
$15.00
A defense of the Authorized Version of the Bible by an Episcopalian bishop
against the changes made in it by the American Bible Society.
Classic Reprints No. 49
The Matthew and Taverner Bibles
By Harold Hutson and Harold R. Willoughby
1938, 1939
31 pages
$12.00
Two articles on the early English Bibles of Thomas Matthew (1537) and Richard
Taverner (1539).
Classic Reprints No. 50
The Coverdale Psalter and the Quatrocentenary of the Printed English Bible
By Harold Willoughby
1935
38 pages
$12.00
Written on the occasion of the four hundredth anniversary of the first translation
of the whole Bible into English, this is a detailed study of the Coverdale
Bible and Coverdale Psalter, which survives today in the Book of Common Prayer.
Classic Reprints No. 51
A Complete History of the Several Translations of the Holy Bible and New Testament
into English, Both in Ms. and in Print: and of the Most Remarkable Editions
of Them Since the Invention of Printing
By John Lewis
Third Edition
1818
416 pages
$75.00
First published in 1731 and referenced by all later historians of the English
Bible, this is a reprint of the first major attempt of an exhaustive history
of the English Bible. To this third edition was added a list of various editions
of the Bible, and parts thereof, in English from 1526 to 1800.
Classic Reprints No. 52
English Versions of the Bible: A Hand-Book
By J. I. Mombert
New and Enlarged Edition
1906
562 pages
$75.00
A reprint of the author's final edition of one of the most detailed and comprehensive
histories of the English Bible ever written.
Classic Reprints No. 53
The Works of Francis Fry on the Tyndale, Coverdale, Great, Bishop's, and
King James Bibles, With a Brief Memoir of the Author by His Son
By Francis Fry
Four Books in One
1865-1887
568 pages
$100.00
The works of the English Bible collector and historian Francis Fry (1803-1886)
on
the above mentioned English Bibles are considered to be the most meticulous
studies
ever made. Extremely rare, and never published in America, they are here
brought together and prefaced by a brief memoir of the author by his son.
Classic Reprints No. 54
The Burning of the Bibles: Defence of the Protestant Version of the Scriptures
Against the Attacks of Popish Apologist
By John Dowling
1843
141 pages
$25.00
This book was occasioned by the burning, in 1842, in Champlain, NY, of copies
of the Authorized Version of the Bible by Roman Catholics. In this work Baptist
minister John Dowling defends the Authorized Version against its Roman Catholic
critics while pointing out the errors of the Roman Catholic
Bible and the Catholic attitude toward the Bible in general.
Classic Reprints No. 55
Studies on Baptism
By C. E. W. Dobbs, et al.
1836-1891
336 pages
$40.00
A compilation of articles by nineteen nineteenth-century Baptist
ministers on the subject of baptism. Includes articles on the baptismal controversy,
ancient
baptisteries, rebaptism, Jewish proselyte baptism, the church fathers and
baptism, baptism and remission, the proper mode and subjects of baptism,
the administrator of baptism, and the baptismal formula. Taken from The
Baptist Quarterly, The Baptist Quarterly Review, and The Christian
Review, this compilation of articles comprises one of the most encyclopedic
studies of baptism from a Baptist perspective ever assembled.
Classic Reprints No. 56
Infant Baptism, Communion, Church Membership, and Salvation
By Henry C. Vedder, et al.
1838-1882
298 pages
$35.00
A compilation of articles by twelve nineteenth-century Baptist
ministers on the subject of infant baptism and the related topics of infant
communion,
infant
church membership, and infant salvation. Taken from The Baptist Review,
The Baptist Quarterly, and The Christian Review, this compilation
of articles comprises one of the most encyclopedic studies of infant baptism
from a Baptist
perspective
ever assembled.
Classic Reprints No. 57
The History of Romanism: from the Earliest Corruptions of Christianity;
with Chronological Table, Indexes, Glossary, and Numerous Illustrative Engravings
By John Dowling
1881
1044 pages
$100.00
A New Edition, with Two Supplements Continuing the History from the Accession
of Pope Pius IX. to his Proclamation of Papal Infallibility, and his Deposition
as a Temporal Sovereign, A.D. 1870, to which is Added in the Present Edition
a Third Supplement, Bringing the Work Down to the Beginning of the Year 1881,
by a Well-Known American Historian.
John Dowling (1807-1878) was a Baptist minister in the Northeast from the time he arrived from England in 1832 until his death at Middletown, New York, on July 4. This mammoth book is the most comprehensive and exhaustive history of Roman Catholicism ever penned. First published in 1845, this is the final edition that was published after the death of the author. The work is divided into nine books, each with several chapters, describing Popery 1. In embryo, A.D. 33-606, 2. At is birth, 606, 3. Advancing, 606-800, 4. In its glory, 800-1073, 5. The world's despot, 1073-1303, 6. On a tottering throne, 1303-1545, 7. At Trent, 1545-1563, 8. Drunk with the blood of the saints, 1563-1685, 9. In its dotage, 1785-1845. An analytical table of contents encompassing twenty pages provides a detailed overview of all the books, chapters, sections, supplements, and appendix of the work. This is further supplemented by an index, chronological table, and glossary. The book is enhanced throughout by forty-eight engravings illustrating Roman Catholic ceremonies, superstitions, persecutions, and historical incidents. To all this is added testimonials from all Protestant denominations selected from notices of the original edition. This reprint edition also includes a brief biographical sketch of the author and a review of the first edition that appeared in The Christian Review.
Classic Reprints No. 58
The Origin, Persecutions, and Doctrines of the Waldenses
By Pius Melia
1870
154 pages
$25.00
This book is a history of the ancient Waldenses in three parts: their origin,
their persecutions, and their doctrines. It relies heavily on many original
documents in addition to interacting with the standard works on the Waldenses.
Classic Reprints No. 59
Israel and the Church
By James H. Brookes
c. 1890
199 pages
$30.00
James Brookes (1830-1897) was a Presbyterian pastor and Bible teacher who advocated
premillennialism and dispensationalism during the latter part of the nineteenth
century. It was he who influenced C. I. Scofield, the editor of the popular
Scofield Reference Bible first published in 1909. This work by Brookes carefully
distinguishes between Israel and the Church and demonstrates by Scripture that
the Old and New Testaments represent two entirely distinct and different dispensations
of God's dealings with his people.
Classic Reprints No. 60
Hebraisms in the Authorized Version of the Bible
By William Rosenau
1903
283 pages
$35.00
Originally presented as the author's thesis at Johns Hopkins
University (1900), this book contains an examination of the Hebrew influence
on the language of the Authorized Version. In addition to chapters on Hebraisms,
other chapters include "Proverbial Biblical Passages in Use," "Biblical
Expressions in English Literature," and "Difference Between Hebraisms and English Archaisms."
Classic Reprints No. 61
A Critical History of the Old Testament
By Richard Simon
Parts One, Two, and Three in One Volume
The first part treating at large concerning the several authors of the Bible.
The second containing the history of the chief translations of the Bible, made
either by Jews or Christians. The third laying down rules whereby a more exact
translation may be made of the Scripture than hitherto has been.
1682
635 pages
$75.00
Richard
Simon (1638-1712), a French Catholic scholar, was called the "father
of biblical criticism." His critical views of the text of the Bible
anticipated the views of German rationalists many years later. Simon's
work is being reprinted
for its historical value rather than in defense of his opinions.
Classic Reprints No. 62
Tischendorf and Tregelles
By Ezra Abbot
1875
34 pages
$12.00
Brief biographical sketches of Lobegott Friedrich Constantin Tischendorf
(1815-1874) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-1875), two of the leading
Greek scholars
and textual critics of the nineteenth century. What is unique about these
sketches, written soon after the deaths of Tischendorf and Tregelles, is
that they were
written by Ezra Abbot (1819-1884), who was not only a contemporary, but a
fellow Greek scholar and textual critic.
Classic Reprints No. 63
Historical Vindications: A Discourse on the Province and Uses of Baptist
History
By Sewall S. Cutting
1859
224 pages
$35.00
Originally delivered before the Backus Historical Society,
at Newton, Mass., June 23, 1857, and repeated before the American Baptist Historical
Society,
at New York, May 14, 1859, this discourse on Baptist history by Sewall Cutting
(1813-1882), the one-time Professor of Rhetoric and History in the University
of Rochester, was augmented for publication with appendixes on baptism, Baptist
confessions, and the name "Baptists." Includes the
complete text of the Philadelphia Confession of Faith and the Discipline
Adopted by the Philadelphia Association.
Classic Reprints No. 64
The Popular History of the Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the
English Tongue
By Thomas J. Conant
Revised Edition
1881
295 pages
$40.00
Originally written by Mrs. Hannah Conant in 1856, this revised edition was
authored by her husband, Thomas J. Conant (1802-1891), one of the premier
Baptist scholars of the nineteenth century. Dr. Conant was active in the
Bible revision
efforts of the American Bible Union. The unique contribution of this work
to English Bible history is that it gives the subject a Baptist perspective
not
commonly found in works of this nature.
Classic Reprints No. 65
A Century of Bibles, or the Authorized Version from 1611 to 1711
By William. J. Loftie
1872
257 pages
$35.00
A detailed history of the first hundred years of the Authorized
Version of the Bible—its editions, printings, and printing errors. The author
also includes the complete text of the 1659 work by William Kilburne entitled
Dangerous Errors
in Several Late Printed Bibles: To the Great Scandal and Corruption of Sound
and True Religion.
Classic Reprints No. 66
Desiderius Erasmus
By Robert Falconer, et. al
1858, 1936, 1937
54 pages
$12.00
Three articles on life, character, and literary influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam
(1466-1536), the editor of the first published edition of the Greek New Testament.
Two articles were written upon the four hundredth anniversary of his death,
and the third, first published in The Christian Review in 1858, is an account
of the legacy of Erasmus from a Baptist point of view.
Classic Reprints No. 67
A Defense of the Reading 'Only Begotten Son' in John 1:18
By Ezra Abbot
1856, 1861, 1875
68 pages
$15.00
Three extremely detailed articles by the Greek scholar and
textual critic Ezra Abbot (1819-1884) defending the reading "only begotten Son" in
John 1:18 of the Authorized Version.
Classic Reprints No. 68
A Defense of the Reading 'God Was Manifest in the Flesh' in
1 Timothy 3:16
By Ebenezer Henderson and Moses Stuart
1832
80 pages
$15.00
Long before Dean Burgon (1813-1888) defended the genuineness of the reading "God
Was Manifest in the Flesh" in
1 Timothy 3:16, as it appears in the Authorized Version, these two scholars
had already done so in the pages of the Congregational magazine The Biblical
Repository. Yet, all critical Greek texts and most modern versions of the
Bible still reject the genuineness of this reading in 1 Timothy 3:16.
Classic Reprints No. 69
A Review of Professor Stuart on Christian Baptism
By Willard Judd
1836
371 pages
$40.00
Before the Presbyterian scholar James Dale (1812-1881) wrote his five volumes in defense of infant baptism by sprinkling, the Congregationalists had Moses Stuart (1780-1852). Stuart, a professor at Andover Theological Seminary, was the premier Pedobaptist scholar of his day. In the pages of Andover's The Biblical Repository, he wrote a lengthy treatise on baptism in 1833 called "Is the Manner of Christian Baptism Prescribed in the New Testament?" Stuart's work was in the same year published separately as a small book. But like the works of Dale, the Baptists likewise answered the work of Stuart. The first to do so was Willard Judd (1804-1840), who issued a reply in the New York Baptist Register, which was later expanded into the book reprinted here. This edition of Judd's work is enhanced by the addition of the complete text of Stuart's original treatise on baptism, a brief biographical sketch of Stuart by the Baptist Alvah Hovey (1820-1903), who acknowledges Stuart's scholarly abilities, a lengthy biographical sketch of the author by Orrin B. Judd (1816-1892), and an introductory essay to Stuart's work by the Baptist J. R. Graves (1820-1893), who republished Stuart's work in 1855, not "for the sake of Prof. Stuart's reasonings, but for the authorities and facts which he submits." Graves considered Stuart's "admissions, his facts and authorities" to be "conclusively in favor of the Baptists; while his reasonings, or rather inferences, are in favor of Pedobaptists, and characteristically Pedobaptistic."
Classic Reprints No. 70
The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel: External Evidences
By Ezra Abbot
1880
106 pages
$20.00
An exhaustive defense of the Johannine authorship of the fourth Gospel by the Unitarian scholar Ezra Abbot (1819-1884). This edition is augmented by a brief biographical sketch of Abbot and a prefatory note by the author.
Classic Reprints No. 71
Christianity and War
By Veritatis Amans, et al.
1838, 1847
24 pages
$12.00
Two timely articles on Christianity and War by two nineteenth-century Baptist ministers.
Classic Reprints No. 72
The Bibles of England: A Plain Account for Plain People of the Principal Versions of the Bible in English
By Andrew Edgar
1889
414 pages
$45.00
An account of the history of the principal versions of the English Bible that focuses on the "differentiations of successive versions, and the literary peculiarities that in each translation may be supposed most readily to attract the notice of common English readers."
Classic Reprints No. 73
The Annals of the English Bible
By Christopher Anderson
New and Revised Edition
1862
746 pages
$75.00
A reprint of the author's final edition of one of the most detailed and comprehensive histories of the English Bible ever written.
Classic Reprints No. 74
Our Own English Bible
By W. J. Heaton
Three Volumes in One
1913, 1914
986 pages
$100.00
Includes the third edition of Our Own English Bible: Its Translators and Their Work, The Manuscript Period, the third edition of The Bible of the Reformation, and The Puritan Bible, and Other Contemporaneous Protestant Versions. All volumes contain numerous illustrations, plates, and facsimiles.