Classic Reprints No. 1
The Influence of the English Bible upon the English Language and upon English and American Literature
By Oscar Joseph
1935
22 pages
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$15.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
A study by an English professor of the literary character of the Authorized
Version and its influence on the English language. Originally written as a
chapter for volume IV of The Cambridge History of English Literature.
Classic Reprints No. 14
Religious Persecution in Virginia
By George E. Dabney
1858
46 pages
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$15.00
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
$10.00
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
$15.00
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
$15.00
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
$15.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$25.00
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
$10.00
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 and His Bible
By Edward Rhiem and L. Franklin Gruber
1884, 1923
44 pages
$10.00
Two articles on Luther and his Bible. The first is an analysis of
Luther as a Bible translator and the effect of his Bible on the German language.
It is translated from the German, and originally appeared in The Baptist
Quarterly Review. The second is a quadricentennial study of Luther's New
Testament reprinted from Bibliotheca Sacra.
Classic Reprints No. 26
Thomas Aquinas
By Richard M. Nott
1882
41 pages
$10.00
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
$10.00
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. 30
Peter and the Papacy
By George Samson, et al.
1851-1882
79 pages
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$15.00
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
$25.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$15.00
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
$15.00
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
1838-1876
187 pages
$20.00
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
$15.00
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
$20.00
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
$15.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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
$10.00
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. 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
$15.00
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. 58
The Origin, Persecutions, and Doctrines of the Waldenses
By Pius Melia
1870
154 pages
$15.00
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
$20.00
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. 62
Tischendorf and Tregelles
By Ezra Abbot
1875
34 pages
$10.00
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
$25.00
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
$35.00
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 titled
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, 1862, 1936, 1937
102 pages
$15.00
Five articles on life, character, writings, and literary influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam
(1466-1536), the editor of the first published edition of the Greek New Testament.
Three articles were written on the occasion of the four hundredth anniversary of his
death.
Classic Reprints No. 67
A Defense of the Reading 'Only Begotten Son' in John 1:18
By Ezra Abbot
1856, 1861, 1875
68 pages
$10.00
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
$10.00
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. 70
The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel: External Evidences
By Ezra Abbot
1880
106 pages
$15.00
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
$10.00
Two timely articles on Christianity and War by two nineteenth-century Baptist ministers.
Classic Reprints No. 76
An Authentic Account of Our Authorized Translation of the Holy Bible, and of the Translators: with Testimonies to the Excellence of the Translation
By Henry John Todd
1834
68 pages
$10.00
This defense of the Authorized Version of the Bible by a nineteenth-century Anglican scholar is a sequel to his earlier work titled A Vindication of our Authorized Translation and Translators of the Bible, published in 1819.
Classic Reprints No. 78
The Influence of the Bible on Civilization
By Ernst von Dobschutz
1914
224 pages
$25.00
A survey of the Bible's influence on civilization from the beginnings of Christianity to the late nineteenth century. Being a German, the author devotes considerable attention to the influence of the Bible on the pre- and post- Reformation German people. Illustrated with sixteen plates, including the first printed Bible and the first edition of Wycliffe's Bible.
Classic Reprints No. 8
8Benjamin Warfield (1851-1921), professor for many years at Princeton Theological Seminary, was one of the leading biblical scholars of his day. This final edition of his work on textual criticism is being reprinted for its historical value rather than in defense of his opinions.
View Contents View ExcerptClassic Reprints No.
92The first section of this book, from which the title was taken, was first given as an introductory discourse before the Boston Association of Baptist Churches in 1828. This is supplemented by five additional articles on baptism relating to the church father Irenaeus, Edward Robinson's Greek lexicon, the sufficiency of water for baptizing in Palestine, infant baptism, and baptismal regeneration.
View Contents View ExcerptClassic Reprints No. 93
The text of a debate held at Oxford on May 6, 1897, between two Anglican clergymen, Edward Miller (1825-1901) and William Sanday (1843-1920), and some others, on the system of textual criticism advocated by the foremost defender of the Traditional Text, Dean Burgon (1813-1888). Includes an explanatory preface by Miller.
Classic Reprints No. 94
The Sum and Substance of the Conference at Hampton Court
By William Barlow
1604
114 pages
$15.00
The Hampton Court Conference, held in January of 1604, was the conference between the Puritans and King James and some Anglican clergymen in which the suggestion for a new translation of the Bible was made. The king sanctioned the idea, and the King James Bible was born. This "official" account of the conference was commissioned by Bishop Bancroft (1544-1610) of London a few weeks after the conference closed. It was written by William Barlow (d. 1613), who attended the conference in his capacity as the Dean of Chester, and was published in August of 1604 as The Summe and Substance of the Conference, which, it pleased his Excellent Maiestie to have with the Lords, Bishops, and other of his Clergie, (at which the most of the Lordes of the Councell were present) in his Maiesties Privy-Chamber, at Hampton Court. January 14, 1603. Barlow went on to become one of the translators of the new Bible.
Classic Reprints No. 95
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America vs. The Constitution of
the United States
1789, 1861
20 pages
$10.00
The complete text of the Confederate Constitution and the U.S. Constitution in two parallel columns in order to facilitate comparison. Includes a brief preface highlighting the major differences between the two Constitutions.
Classic Reprints No.
99
A reprint of one of the oldest extant histories of the English Bible. Because he could not find "any perfect Account of Translations of the Bible into our own National Language," the author "purposed to collect" what he "had observed to lie scattered up and down in our Historians, and other Writers relating thereunto."
Classic Reprints No.
100
The Authorization of the English Bible
By Franklin Gruber, et al.
1881, 1913, 1948, 1991
50 pages
$10.00
Four articles from different perspectives on the subject of the authorization of the English Bible
.Classic Reprints No.
101
The Noblest Monument of English Prose
By John L. Lowes
1936
29 pages
$10.00
An essay on the Authorized Version by John L. Lowes (1867-1945), a former professor of English Literature and Senior Fellow at Harvard University.
Classic Reprints No.
102In this work, the celebrated Dutch humanist, scholar, and classicist, Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), has the personification of peace come to earth to deliver her verdict on the human race. She chastises kings and church leaders, noblemen and ordinary soldiers alike for betraying their Christian values by waging unjust and unnecessary war.
Classic Reprints No.
103
Antipolemus; or, the Plea of Reason, Religion, and Humanity,
Against War
By Desiderius Erasmus
1515
94 pages
$10.00
In this work, the celebrated Dutch humanist, scholar, and classicist, Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) examines why Christian nations are constantly at war and draws upon arguments from history, philosophy, and religion to argue that they should cease.
Classic Reprints No.
105
The Significance of
the Lollard Bible
By
Margaret Deanesly
1507
23 pages
$10.00
This is the Ethel M. Wood lecture on the Wycliffe Bible delivered before the University of London by the Emeritus Professor of History at that university. Deanesly is acknowledged to be a noted scholar of the Wycliffe Bible.
Classic Reprints No.
106
A Dissertation on
John 1:18
By Fenton John Anthony Hort
1876
84 pages
$10.00
A dissertation by one of the editors of the Westcott and Hort Greek text on the phrase monogenes theos in John 1:18. Argues against the reading found in the Authorized Version. This dissertation can be considered a counter to the 1861 article of Ezra Abbot, originally published in the Bibliotheca Sacra, and reprinted as part of Classic Reprints No. 67.
Classic Reprints No.
107
The Early Nineteenth
Century Baptist Bible Controversy
1837, 1842
24 pages
$10.00
A reprint of an article and two brief "Literary Notices" from The Christian Review about the controversy surrounding proposals for a Baptist version of the Bible. Defends the Authorized Version and argues that a sectarian version called for by some Baptists is unnecessary and unwise.
Classic Reprints No.
109
The Text of the New
Testament
1822
27 pages
$10.00
Reprinted from the North American Review, this is a detailed survey, from the critical text point of view, of the editions of the Greek New Testament from Erasmus to the focus of the article, that of the text of J. J. Griesbach (1745-1812).
Classic Reprints No.
110
Vicesimus Knox on
War and Peace
By Vicesimus Knox
1793, 1795, c.1800, 1824
65 pages
$10.00
Vicesimus Knox (1752-1821) was an English minister who ran afoul of the British government because of his sermons opposing war against the French. This reprint consists of the preface and three chapters (X—"When Human Life is held cheap, it is a Symptom of a prevailing Spirit of Despotism," XVII— "On debauching the Minds of the rising Generation and a whole People, by giving them Military Notions in a free and commercial Country," XXX—"The Spirit of Despotism delights in War or systematic Murder") from his 1795 book The Spirit of Despotism, an analysis of how political despotism at home can arise under the cover of fighting a foreign war; the complete text of his 1793 sermon, "The Prospect of Perpetual and Universal Peace to Be Established on the Principles of Christian Philanthropy; and an essay, "The Folly and Wickedness of War." Includes also a biographical preface and a likeness of Knox.
Classic Reprints No.
111
A Plain Account of the English Bible
By John Henry Blunt
1870
125 pages
$15.00
This brief history of the English Bible, "from the earliest times of its
translation to the present day," is one of the few accounts of this nature
written before the advent of the Revised Version. The author closes with a
chapter on "Recent Movements for the Revision of the English Bible" in
which he states that results of the newly formed revision committee "will
have to pass through a severe fire of criticism before it takes its place as a
new Authorized Version."
Classic Reprints No.
112
Our English Bible
The White Lectures
1938
95 pages
$10.00
These six lectures on the English Bible were delivered y various contributors at
St. Paul's Cathedral in London "in view of the commemoration of the Fourth
Centenary of the setting up of the Bible in the English language in our parish
Churches." The lectures are prefaced with a Foreword by the Archdeacon of
London, who calls the English Bible "the greatest gift of the Reformation
to us."
Classic Reprints No. 113
The English Bible
By George P. Marsh
1860
27 pages
$10.00
This essay on the English
Bible is taken from the author's Lectures on the English Language.
Classic Reprints No. 114
The State of England, Anno Dom. 1600
By Thomas Wilson
1600
54 pages
$10.00
This is a contemporary description of England in 1600 by Thomas Wilson
(1560-1629). What makes it so important is that it was written just a few years
before the death of Queen Elizabeth when the question of succession to the
throne was on the mind of the public. Wilson discusses the twelve competitors
for the throne of England, which eventually went to King James VI of Scotland in
1603.
Classic Reprints No.
115
Three Hundred Years of Printing the Bible
1629-1929
Classic Reprints No.
116
An Argument Sustaining the Common English Version
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17Originally published as a series of articles in the Gospel Advocate from 1866 to 1867, this is a very significant work on the Christian's relation to civil government by the prominent Church of Christ minister, David Lipscomb (1831-1917). Anticipating the arguments of modern libertarian political philosophers, Lipscomb presents a biblical view of a voluntary society. He questions the idea that governments are created for the public good, and argues that peaceful civilization is not dependent on the state. Christians should not participate in politics, but should attempt to persuade people to follow the laws of God rather than using force. This reprint edition includes a foreword by Professor Edward P. Stringham of San Jose State University.
Classic Reprints No.
120
A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature
and Character of Our Federal Government: Being a Review of Judge Story's
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States
By
Abel Upshur
1840
132 pages
$
Virginian statesman and legal thinker Abe
l Upshur (1790-1844) was a defender of the Virginian states' rights school of constitutional interpretation. This long-forgotten work, an alternative to nationalist position of John Marshall and Joseph Story, is in the Jeffersonian tradition of John Taylor and St. George Tucker. Upshur's book is not only a point-by-point refutation of Justice Story's immortal Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833), it is a defense of the compact theory that the United States consists of distinct sovereign peoples, organized into distinct states, as opposed to a single, aggregated people. This reprint edition includes a foreword by historian Thomas E. Woods of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.Classic Reprints No.
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The Morality of War
By
Jonathan Dymond
1896
78 pages
$10.00
Originally published in 1829 after the author's death as part of Essays on the Principles of Morality and on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of Mankind, this excerpt from the essay on "Political Rights and Obligations" is on the causes, consequences, and lawfulness of war, along with comments on the probable practical effects of adhering to the moral law in respect to war. Dymond (1796-1828) was a member of the Society of Friends
in England.Classic Reprints No.
122
The
Baptists in the Building of the Nation
By B. F. Riley
1922
169 pages
$15.00
Subtitled A Narrative of the Chief Contributions made by Baptists to the Erection of Our Democracy and to the Promotion of its Development, this is a unique work of Baptist history by Benjamin Franklin Riley (1849-1925), the author of numerous works on Baptist history. Includes the original introduction by J. B. Gambrell (1841-1921), the president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the time the book was written.
Classic Reprints No.
123
The
True Office of Civil Government
By Gerrit Smith
1851
30 pages
$10.00
This is a reprint of the text of a speech delivered in Troy, New York, on April 14, 1851, and published soon afterward. Smith advocates a limited government that provides protection to its citizens from crimes—and nothing else. Among other things, he makes powerful arguments against slavery, public education, and tariffs.
Classic Reprints No.
125
The Origin of the Civil War
By Robert L.
Dabney
1890
21 pages
$10.00
Robert L. Dabney (1829-1898) was a noted Southern Presbyterian theologian and seminary professor who served as a chaplain for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. This is a reprint of two of his articles on the origin of the Civil War.
Classic Reprints No.
126
On the Rendering into English of the
Greek Aorist and Perfect
By Richard
Francis Weymouth
1890
56 pages
$10.00
Richard Francis Weymouth (1822-1902) was a noted Greek scholar, Bible translator, and editor of the Resultant Greek Testament. In this work, which originally appeared in the Theological Monthly, Weymouth examines how the Greek aorist and perfect tenses are best translated into English. Includes an appendix on the New Testament use of gar and oun.
Classic Reprints No.
127
A Christian View of Armed Warfare
By William Paul
1969
116 pages
$15.00
This Bible-based, exhaustive study of Christian participation in war contains two parts: "New Testament Teaching on Christians Participating in War" and "Common Objections to Christians Not Participating in War." The author's purpose is "to present plain teaching from the New Testament concerning a Christian's relationship to carnal warfare." Includes a Scripture index.
Classic Reprints No.
129
A
Northern Defense of Secession and Rejection of the
Civil War
By George Bassett
Not all northerners rejected secession and supported the so-called Civil War. The fact that Lincoln jailed northern opponents of the war proves this is so. This is a reprint of two works written near the beginning of the Civil War by the northern Congregational minister George W. Bassett (1812-1880): A Northern Plea for the Right of Secession and A Discourse on the Wickedness and Folly of the Present War.
Classic Reprints No.
130
John T. Flynn on Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor
By John T. Flynn
1944, 1945
65 pages
$1
Journalist, author, and popular economic and political commentator John T. Flynn (1882-1964) supported Roosevelt during the election of 1932 as a partisan Democrat and progressive. Twenty years later he was an Old Right supporter of Robert Taft and a defender of Joe McCarthy who foresaw the coming of the Cold War and the Vietnam War. In between Flynn became disillusioned with Roosevelt and harshly criticized the New Deal. He was the chairman of the New York chapter of the America First Committee and an outspoken anti-interventionist who was forsaken by liberals for his principled stance against U.S. intervention in World War II. But Flynn also rejected the Cold War conservatism of William F. Buckley and National Review. He considered militarism a "job-making boondoggle." World War II was a repetition of World War I, a fight between empires, and all about imperialism. Reprinted here are two pamphlets Flynn privately printed after they first appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune: The Truth About Pearl Harbor and The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor. Both point out the duplicity and culpability of Roosevelt regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Also included are images of eight World War II Pearl Harbor propaganda posters that bid Americans to "Avenge Pearl Harbor" or "Remember Pearl Harbor." This reprint edition includes a foreword by Laurence M. Vance, the editor of the Classic Reprints series and the director of the Francis Wayland Institute, and is prefaced by a likeness of Flynn.
Classic Reprints No.
131
An Address on War
By Alexander Campbell
1848
41 pages
$1
Reprinted from the Millennial Harbinger, this address on war by Alexander Campbell (1788-1866), originally delivered at Wheeling, Virginia, in 1848, was printed in the Congressional Record in 1937 at the request of Representative Joseph B. Shannon (D-MO). Also includes another address on war by Tolbert Fanning (1810-1874), a disciple of Campbell, reprinted from an 1847 issue of the Christian Review.
Classic Reprints No. 13
2Mr. Fudge asks and then gives a very detailed negative answer to the timely question: "Can a Christian Kill for His Government?"
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New Testament Vocabulary
By Lemuel S. Potwin
Classic Reprints No.
136
The Relation of Erasmus to the Reformation
By Charles A. Nash
Classic
Reprints No. 137
Do the Scriptures Prohibit the Use of Alcoholic Beverages?
By A. B. Rich
1880
78 pages
$10.00
Reprinted from Bibliotheca Sacra, this is a three-part article which examines all of the Hebrew and Greek words
in the Bible that relate to wine, new wine, the fruit of the vine, or strong drink. The author answers his title question
in the affirmative.
Classic Reprints No.
138
Was the Apostle Paul the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews?
By R. D. C. Robbins
1861
67 pages
$10.00
Reprinted from Bibliotheca Sacra, this is an exhaustive analysis of the question of whether the Apostle Paul
authored the Book of Hebrews. The author concludes that Paul did write Hebrews.
Classic Reprints No.
139
Authorship and Canonicity of the Epistle to the Hebrews
By J. Henry Thayer
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140
Studies in the Syntax of the King James
Version
By James Moses Grainger
1907
60 pages
$10.00
Originally published as Volume II of Studies in Philology
published under the direction of The Philological Club of the University of
North Carolina, this is an exhaustive study of the syntax of the King James
Version. Covers impersonal constructions, distributive phrasing, do-forms,
relative pronouns, and subjunctive mood.
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An Essay upon the Influence of the Translation of the Bible upon
English Literature
By Lord Kerry
1830
84 pages
$10.00
This essay obtained the annual prize at Trinity College,
Cambridge, in 1830.
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Reasons for Holding Fast the Authorized English Version of the Bible
By Alexander McCaul
1857
51 pages
$10.00
The author answers the advocates of revising the Authorized Version. He
discusses charges against its chapter and verse divisions, Hebraisms, want of
uniformity, obsolete words, translation of "Lord," mistranslations,
and Greek text.
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Memoir of the Life and Writings of William Tyndale
By George Offor
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The God of War
By Joseph Judson Taylor
1920
255 pages
$35.00
Nineteenth-century Baptist minister Joseph Judson Taylor was an outspoken
proponent of the literal interpretation of the Bible and the separation of
church and state and opponent of evolution and modernism. He is best known,
however, for being a stanch pacifist who was forced to resign his pastorate at
the First Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia in 1917 for vehemently opposing
U.S. entry into World War I. His book The God of War traces the folly of
war from ancient times to World War I. Taylor's views were considered by some of
his fellow ministers to be treason in 1917, but he was vindicated after the war
and, after becoming vice-president of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1922,
succeeded in getting the Convention to pass a resolution condemning war.
Although Taylor and his pacifism have been long forgotten, they are an antidote
to the militaristic climate that exists throughout Christendom today.
Classic
Reprints No. 162
Ye and You in the King James
Version
By John S. Kenyon
1914
19 pages
$10.00
Originally published in PMLA, the journal of the Modern Language
Association of America, this is a technical study of the usage of Ye and You in
various editions of the King James Version by a noted American linguist.
Classic
Reprints No. 163
The Postal Power of Congress: A Study in
Constitutional Expansion
By Lindsay Rogers
1916
191 pages
$20.00
A dissertation submitted in 1915 to the Board of University Studies of The Johns
Hopkins University in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy. The author states that his purpose is to "trace the
legislative and judicial history of the grant to Congress of the power 'to
establish postoffices and postroads,' and to discuss the constitutionality of
the proposals that, under this clause, federal control may be extended to
subjects over which Congress has no direct authority." A detailed and
fascinating study of just how far from the Constitution the country has
deviated.
Classic
Reprints No. 164
A Short History of the English Bible, with Brief
Notices of the Translators
By J. M. Freeman
New and Revised Edition
1891
84 pages
$10.00
The author states that the design of his work "is to give, in condensed
form, the prominent facts relating to this subject, seeking to point the way to
more elaborate works rather than to supersede them."
Classic
Reprints No. 165
Our English Bible
By The Religious Tract Society
1848
192 pages
$20.00
The unnamed author states in his preface that "this little Volume supplies
a succinct account of English translations and translators, derived from
original authorities." And although he acknowledges that he also wrote the
introduction to "Bagster's Hexapla" on the history of the English
Bible, this is "a perfectly distinct and independent work, and contains the
result of the Author's latest researches."
Classic
Reprints No. 166
Notes on the History and Text of Our Early
English Bible, and of Its Translation into Welsh
By George Leader Owen
1901
80 pages
$10.00
A brief work, but valuable for its thirteen pages on the history of the
translation of the Bible into Welsh.
Classic
Reprints No. 167
The History of the English Bible
By T. Harwood Pattison
1894
297 pages
$35.00
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. In
addition to giving the history of the early English Bibles, the author also has
chapters on "The Bible in English Literature," "The Bible and the
Nation," and "The Bible and Spiritual Life."
Classic
Reprints No. 168
Some Notices of the Genevan Bible
By Nicholas Pocock
1882-1884
33 pages
$10.00
Reprinted from The Bibliographer, this is a
eight-part article on the Geneva Bible by a noted historian of the English
Bible.
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169First published in 1672, this edition of an early work on baptism by English Baptist John Norcott (1621-1676) was updated by the famed Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892).
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170A review of "The Baptized Child" by the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Boston.
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