James Moffatt

Описание: Today we discuss the career of Bible Translator, James Moffatt. He is considered the "grandfather" of the modern English Bible. Who was James Moffatt? Was he qualified to translate the Bible? What were his presuppositions he brought to his translation? Was he considered a conservative or liberal theologian? Did he have a good grasp of Hebrew and Greek? How did his acceptance of "liberal" Biblical scholarship color his outlook on the Bible?

Resources for further study:

Wikipedia article on James Moffatt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M...

On his Bible Translations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffatt...

Britannica's short biography of James Moffatt: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

Bible Researcher Short Analysis of the Moffatt Bible: https://www.bible-researcher.com/moff...

Moffatt's Old Testament online (Vol 1): https://archive.org/details/oldtestam...

Vol2 of Moffatt's Old Testament online: https://archive.org/details/oldtestam...

Moffatt's 1901 Historical New Testament online: https://archive.org/details/historica...

Moffatt's 1913 New Testament online: https://archive.org/details/newtestam...

Clyde Votaw's Review of Moffatt's Historical New Testament: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3136693?...

Moffatt's Burial Details: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2...

The Documentary Hypothesis (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documen...

Julius Wellhausen (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_...

Critiques of the Moffatt Bible: https://www.wayoflife.org/free_ebooks...

James Moffatt Archives at the University of Glasgow: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archi...