“A Scribe Well-Trained”: Archibald Alexander and the Life of Piety

by James M. Garretson

Publisher:

Reformation Heritage

, 2011

Overview

A Scribe Well-Trained acquaints us with the life and writings of Princeton Theological Seminary’s founding professor, Archibald Alexander. In the opening biographical sketch, James M. Garretson introduces us to the things that influenced Alexander and how he sought to cultivate godliness in himself, the men he trained, and people to whom he ministered. Garretson reinforces this through 56 short excerpts from across the published writings of Alexander, allowing us to experience firsthand the richness of “Old Princeton” spirituality.

Product Details

• Title: “A Scribe Well-Trained”: Archibald Alexander and the Life of Piety
• Author: James M. Garretson
• Series: Profiles in Reformed Spirituality
• Publisher: Reformation Heritage
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Piety
• ISBNs: 9781601781475, 1601781474
• Resource ID: LLS:SCRBWLLTRND
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biography
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:54:01Z

About James M. Garretson

James M. Garretson serves as ministry director for the Christian union at Harvard Law School. He is also the author of ”A Scribe Well-Trained”: Archibald Alexander and the Life of Piety.