The Rev James Frederic Mozley (23 December 1887 – 8 July 1974) was a British historian and Anglican priest.'Rev Dr J. F. Mozley', ''The Times'' (22 August 1974), p. 16. He was educated at

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the un ...

, where he studied the '' Literae humaniores'' and graduated with a BA in 1910. He trained as an Anglican priest at

Lichfield Theological College Lichfield Theological College was founded in 1857 to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England. It was located on the south side of the Cathedral Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire and closed in 1972. Notable staff * Cecil Cherrin ...

and was ordained in 1913. In 1937 he published a biography of the

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

translator

William Tyndale William Tyndale (; sometimes spelled ''Tynsdale'', ''Tindall'', ''Tindill'', ''Tyndall''; – ) was an English biblical scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his executi ...

, in 1940 a study of

John Foxe John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587), an English historian and martyrologist, was the author of '' Actes and Monuments'' (otherwise ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''), telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the su ...

's ''

Book of Martyrs The ''Actes and Monuments'' (full title: ''Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church''), popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by Protestant Engli ...

'' and in 1953 a work on

Miles Coverdale Myles Coverdale, first name also spelt Miles (1488 – 20 January 1569), was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter (1551–1553). In 1535, Coverdale produced the first c ...

's translation of the Bible. The Bible scholar

Jack P. Lewis Jack Pearl Lewis (March 13, 1919 – July 24, 2018) was an American Bible scholar affiliated with the Churches of Christ. He earned a Ph.D. in New Testament from Harvard University in 1953 and a Ph.D. in Old Testament from Hebrew Union College-J ...

said Mozley's work "furnished excellent treatments of the Bibles of Coverdale and Tyndale".Jack P. Lewis, ''The Day After Domesday: The Making of the Bishops' Bible'' (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2016), p. xvii.

Works

*''William Tyndale'' (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1937). *''John Foxe and His Book'' (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1940) Reprinted 1970 Octagon Books New York. Reprinted 1970 Octagon Books New York *''Coverdale and His Bibles'' (Lutterworth Press, 1953).

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mozley, J. F. 1887 births 1974 deaths Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford 20th-century Anglican priests