A Companion to the Greek Testament and the English Version
Overview
Philip Schaff called the Bible “the greatest literary treasure of Christendom, and worthy of all labor and study.” He took the increased interest in the field of biblical study during the nineteenth century as a sign of encouragement. This volume reflects on the text of the Bible in light of renewed scholarly and lay interest in the Bible. It contains a short manual on textual criticism for English readers, as well as an introduction to languages and dialects, the various manuscripts, the Latin and Syriac versions of the New Testament, and the merits of the King James Version and the Revised Version.
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Key Features
- Manual on textual criticism of the Greek Testament and its application to the English Version
- Reflections on the text of the Bible in light of renewed scholarly and lay interest in the Bible
Praise for the Print Edition
In the development of the discipline of church history in the United States, few scholars played a more important role than the Swiss-born, German-educated immigrant Philip Schaff. His model of careful, accurate, comprehensive, and irenic scholarship . . . remains worthy of admiration and emulation.
—R. Graham, professor of American church history, North Park Theological Seminary
No scholar of his generation has interested me so much. He was broad, powerful, a man of great genius.
Philip Schaff wanted to be remembered as a Christian scholar, and he pursued this scholarship in the context of his grand and optimistic ecumenical vision . . . Schaff was, in his own words, an inveterate hoper.
—George Shriver
Product Details
- Title: A Companion to the Greek Testament and the English Version
- Author: Philip Schaff
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Publication Date: 1883
- Pages: 615
About Philip Schaff
Philip Schaff (1819–1893) was born in Chur, Switzerland. He was educated in Germany at Tübingen, Halle, and Berlin, where he studied under August Neander. In 1843, he moved to America and became a professor of church history and biblical literature at the German Reformed Theological Seminary in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.
During that time, he edited a hymnal, worked on the liturgy in the German Reformed Church, and edited a translation of the Heidelberg Catechism. The English translation of his History of the Apostolic Church appeared in 1853. Schaff remained at Mercersburg until 1863, when the Civil War forced the seminary to close.
In 1870, Schaff became a professor at Union Theological Seminary. During his tenure there, he held the chair of theological encyclopedia and Christian symbolism, the chair of Hebrew and cognate languages, the chair of sacred literature, and the chair of church history. He also served on the committee that translated the American Standard Version.
Schaff also authored or edited the History of the Christian Church, Early Church Fathers, and the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. He is remembered as one of America’s foremost church historians of the nineteenth century.
- Title: A Companion to the Greek Testament and the English Version
- Author: Philip Schaff
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Print Publication Date: 1883
- Logos Release Date: 2011
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Criticism, textual--Handbooks, manuals, etc; Greek language, Biblical; Bible. N.T. › English--Versions--Revised
- Resource ID: LLS:COMPGRKNTEN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T17:45:56Z
Philip Schaff (1819–1893) was one of the most distinguished church historians who ever lived. He was educated at Tübingen, Halle, and Berlin, and was professor of church history and biblical literature at German Reformed Theological Seminary. When the Civil War forced the seminary to close, Schaff moved to Union Theological Seminary. Schaff had an enormous influence on German Reformed churches in America, and he wrote History of the Christian Church, Creeds of Christendom, and The Principle of Protestantism.
