John Edgar McFadyen B. A. (Oxon), M. A., D. D. (17 July 1870 – 1933) a Scottish theologian, was professor of language, literature and Old Testament theology in the

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. He was born in Glasgow and died in 1933. He produced translations of a number of books of the Bible in what he labelled "modern speech". His translations of Job and Psalms strove to be metrical, to reflect their poetic originals.Paul (2003); p. 159 He learned

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in 1907 during a stay in

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, and was a prominent proponent of that language.

Writings

* ''The Messages of the Prophetic and Priestly Historians'', Vol. 4 in ''The Messages of the Bible'', 1901, published by Scribner & Sons * ''In the Hour of Silence'', 1902. * ''Old Testament Criticism and the Christian Church'', 1903. * ''The Prayers of the Bible''. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906 * "The Prophets and the Priestly Historians" and "The Psalmists" in ''The Messages of the Bible'', 1909, published by Kent and Sanders. * ''The Epistles to the Corinthians and Galatians'' in the series "The Interpreters 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, Proverbs, 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.

References

Sources

*Paul, William (2003) "McFadyen, John Edgar" in: ''English Language Bible Translators'', p. 159. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland and Company

External links

* * Academics of the University of Glasgow Scottish Christian theologians Scottish non-fiction writers 1870 births 1933 deaths Translators of the Bible into English Scottish Esperantists {{Esperanto-stub