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Melancthon Williams Jacobus Jr.

Melancthon Williams Jacobus Jr., D.D. (1855–1937) was an American theologian.

Melancthon Williams Jacobus Jr.

BornDecember 15, 1855
Died1937(1937-00-00) (aged 81–82)
Education
Parent

Biography Edit

Jacobus was born December 15, 1855, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, the son of pastor Melancthon Williams Jacobus Sr.[1] He graduated at Princeton University in 1877, at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1881, and studied in Europe at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin from 1881 to 1884. The degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) was conferred on him by Lafayette College (1892) and by Yale University (1910). He held numerous positions in the field of religion, including pastor at Oxford, Pennsylvania (1884-1891). He served at Hartford Theological Seminary, Princeton Seminary, and Mount Holyoke College.

Literary works Edit

The contents of his Stone lectures at the Princeton Theological Seminary (1897–98) were published as A Problem in New Testament Criticism (1900).[2] He was chairman of the editorial board of the Standard Bible Dictionary (1909), supervised an English translation of Zahn's New Testament Introduction (1909), and prepared a Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, for The Bible for Home and School Series (1914). He contributed theological articles to several encyclopedias,[3] and was a contributing editor–in–charge of New Testament articles for the New International Encyclopedia.

References Edit

  1. ^ Chamberlain, Joshua L.; Wingate, Charles E. L.; Williams, Jesse Lynch; Lee, Albert; Paine, Henry G., eds. (1899). Universities and their Sons. Vol. III. Introduction by William Torrey Harris. R. Herndon Company.
  2. ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Jacobus, Melancthon Williams" . Encyclopedia Americana.
  3. ^ Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Jacobus, Melancthon Williams" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.

Sources Edit

  •   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainColby, F.; Williams, T., eds. (1915). "Jacobus, Melancthon Williams. An American theologian". New International Encyclopedia. Vol. 12 (2nd ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. p. 530.

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