- John Edgar McFadyen
John Edgar McFadyen, B. A. (Oxon), M. A., D. D., a Scottish theologian, was professor of language, literature and Old Testament theology in the
University of Glasgow . He was born July 17, 1870 in Glasgow, and died in 1933.He produced translations of a number of books of the Bible in what he labeled "modern speech". His translations of Job and Psalms strove to be metrical, to reflect their poetic originals (Paul 2003:159).
He learned
Esperanto in 1907 during a stay inChautauqua, New York , and was a prominent proponent of that language.ources
*Paul, William. 2003. “McFayden, John Edgar." "English Language Bible Translators", p. 159. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland and Company.
Writings
* "In the Hour of Silence", 1902.
* "Old Testament Criticism and the Christian Church", 1903.
* "The Prophets and the Priestly Historians" and "The Psalmists" in "The Messages of the Bible", 1909, published by Kent and Sanders.
* "The Epistles fo the Corinthians and Galatians" in the series "The Interpresters Commentary of the New Testament", 1909.
* "The Problem of Pain: A Study in the Book of Job", c. 1910.
* "The Epistles to the Corinthians", (translation) 1911.
* "A Cry for Justice: A Study in Amos", 1912.
* "The Psalms in Modern Speech and Rhythmical Form", 1916.
* "The Wisdom Book in Modern Speech (Job, Proversb, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, and Song of Solomon), 1917.
* "Isaiah in Modern Speech", 1918.
* "Jeremiah in Modern Speech", 1919.
* "The Use of the Old Testament in the Light of Modern Knowledge", 1922.
* "The Approach to the Old Testament", 1926.
* "A Guide to the Understanding of the Old Testament", 1927.
* "Old Testament scenes and characters", 1928.
* "The message of Israel: The Chalmers lectures", 1931.
* "Learning and Life", 1934.
* "Studies in Psalms", 1936.
* "Key to the Exercises in the Late Professor A. B. Davidson's Revised Introductory Hebrew Grammar", 1951.
* "The Prayers of the Bible"External links
* (at Gutenberg.org)
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=John%20Edgar%20McFadyen%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts 14 of his books] (at archive.org)
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