Melancthon Williams Jacobus Jr., (1855–1937) was an American
theologian.
Biography
Jacobus was born December 15, 1855, in
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, the son of pastor
Melancthon Williams Jacobus Sr. 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
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In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ran ...
(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
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, and
Mount Holyoke College
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...
.
Literary works
The contents of his Stone lectures at the Princeton Theological Seminary (1897–98) were published as ''A Problem in New Testament Criticism'' (1900).
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,
and was a contributing editor–in–charge of New Testament articles for the ''
New International Encyclopedia
''The New International Encyclopedia'' was an American encyclopedia first published in 1902 by Dodd, Mead and Company. It descended from the ''International Cyclopaedia'' (1884) and was updated in 1906, 1914 and 1926.
History
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Religious leaders from Pittsburgh
Princeton University alumni
1855 births
1937 deaths
American theologians