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'''Ezra Abbot''' (April 28, 1819, [[Jackson, Maine]] - March 21, 1884, [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]) was an [[United States|American]] biblical scholar.<sup>[1]</sup>
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'''Ezra Abbot''' (April 28, [[1819 AD|1819]], [[Jackson, Maine]] - March 21, [[1884 AD|1884]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]) was an [[United States|American]] biblical scholar.<sup>[1]</sup>
==Life and writings==
==Life and writings==
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He graduated from [[Bowdoin College]] in 1840. In 1847, at the request of Prof. [[Andrews Norton]], he went to Cambridge, where he was principal of a public school until 1856. He was assistant librarian of [[Harvard University]] from 1856 to 1872, and planned and perfected an alphabetical card catalog, combining many of the advantages of the ordinary dictionary catalogs with the grouping of the minor topics under more general heads, which is characteristic of a systematic catalogue. From 1872 until his death he was Bussey Professor of [[New Testament]] Criticism and Interpretation in the [[Harvard Divinity School]].
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He graduated from [[Bowdoin College]] in 1840. In [[1847 AD|1847]], at the request of Prof. [[Andrews Norton]], he went to Cambridge, where he was principal of a public school until 1856. He was assistant librarian of [[Harvard University]] from [[1856 AD|1856]] to [[1872 AD|1872]], and planned and perfected an alphabetical card catalog, combining many of the advantages of the ordinary dictionary catalogs with the grouping of the minor topics under more general heads, which is characteristic of a systematic catalogue. From [[1872 AD|1872]] until his death he was Bussey Professor of [[New Testament]] Criticism and Interpretation in the [[Harvard Divinity School]].
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Abbot's studies were chiefly in  [[Oriental languages]] and textual criticism of the New Testament, though his work as a bibliographer showed such results as the exhaustive list of writings (5300 in all) on the doctrine of the future life, appended to W. R. Alger's ''History of the Doctrine of a Future Life, as it has prevailed in all Nations and Ages'' (1862), and published separately in 1864.
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Abbot's studies were chiefly in  [[Oriental languages]] and textual criticism of the New Testament, though his work as a bibliographer showed such results as the exhaustive list of writings (5300 in all) on the doctrine of the future life, appended to W. R. Alger's ''History of the Doctrine of a Future Life, as it has prevailed in all Nations and Ages'' ([[1862 AD|1862]]), and published separately in [[1864 AD|1864]].
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Abbot's publications, though always of the most thorough and scholarly character, were to a large extent dispersed in the pages of reviews, dictionaries, concordances, texts edited by others, [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] controversial treatises, etc. However, he took a more conspicuous and personal part in the preparation (with [[Baptist]] scholar Horatio B. Hackett) of the enlarged American edition of Dr. (afterwards Sir) [[William Robertson Smith|William Smith]]'s ''Dictionary of the Bible'' (1867-1870), to which he contributed more than 400 articles, as well as greatly improving the bibliographical completeness of the work. He was an efficient member of the American revision committee for the Revised Version (1881-1885) of the [[King James Bible]], and helped prepare [[Caspar René Gregory]]'s Prolegomena to the revised [[Greek language|Greek]] New Testament of [[Constantin von Tischendorf]].
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Abbot's publications, though always of the most thorough and scholarly character, were to a large extent dispersed in the pages of reviews, dictionaries, concordances, texts edited by others, [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] controversial treatises, etc. However, he took a more conspicuous and personal part in the preparation (with [[Baptist]] scholar Horatio B. Hackett) of the enlarged American edition of Dr. (afterwards Sir) [[William Robertson Smith|William Smith]]'s ''Dictionary of the Bible'' ([[1867 AD|1867]]-[[1870 AD|1870]]), to which he contributed more than 400 articles, as well as greatly improving the bibliographical completeness of the work. He was an efficient member of the American revision committee for the Revised Version ([[1881 AD|1881]]-[[1885 AD|1885]]), and helped prepare [[Caspar René Gregory]]'s Prolegomena to the revised [[Greek language|Greek]] New Testament of [[Constantin von Tischendorf]].
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He was one of the 32 founding members of the [[Society of Biblical Literature]] in 1880.<sup>[2]</sup>
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He was one of the 32 founding members of the [[Society of Biblical Literature]] in [[1880 AD|1880]].<sup>[2]</sup>
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His principal single work, representing his scholarly method and conservative conclusions, was ''The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel: External Evidences'' (1880; 2nd ed. by J. H. Thayer, with other essays, 1889), originally a lecture. In spite of the compression due to its form, this work was up to that time probably the ablest defense, based on external evidence, of the Johannine authorship, and certainly the most complete treatment of the relation of [[Justin Martyr]] to this gospel.
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His principal single work, representing his scholarly method and conservative conclusions, was ''The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel: External Evidences'' ([[1880 AD|1880]]; 2nd ed. by J. H. Thayer, with other essays, [[1889 AD|1889]]), originally a lecture. In spite of the compression due to its form, this work was up to that time probably the ablest defense, based on external evidence, of the Johannine authorship, and certainly the most complete treatment of the relation of [[Justin Martyr]] to this gospel.
Abbot Appears on the front cover of [[David Cloud]]'s book, [[Unholy Hands on God's Holy Book]].
Abbot Appears on the front cover of [[David Cloud]]'s book, [[Unholy Hands on God's Holy Book]].
==Honors==
==Honors==
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Abbot was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1861.<sup>[3]</sup> Though a layman, he received the degree of S.T.D. from Harvard in 1872, and that of D.D. from [[Edinburgh]] in 1884.
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Abbot was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in [[1861 AD|1861]].<sup>[3]</sup> Though a layman, he received the degree of S.T.D. from Harvard in [[1872 AD|1872]], and that of D.D. from [[Edinburgh]] in 1884.
== Works ==
== Works ==

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Ezra Abbot
Ezra Abbot

Ezra Abbot (April 28, 1819, Jackson, Maine - March 21, 1884, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American biblical scholar.[1]

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Life and writings

He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1840. In 1847, at the request of Prof. Andrews Norton, he went to Cambridge, where he was principal of a public school until 1856. He was assistant librarian of Harvard University from 1856 to 1872, and planned and perfected an alphabetical card catalog, combining many of the advantages of the ordinary dictionary catalogs with the grouping of the minor topics under more general heads, which is characteristic of a systematic catalogue. From 1872 until his death he was Bussey Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation in the Harvard Divinity School.

Abbot's studies were chiefly in Oriental languages and textual criticism of the New Testament, though his work as a bibliographer showed such results as the exhaustive list of writings (5300 in all) on the doctrine of the future life, appended to W. R. Alger's History of the Doctrine of a Future Life, as it has prevailed in all Nations and Ages (1862), and published separately in 1864.

Abbot's publications, though always of the most thorough and scholarly character, were to a large extent dispersed in the pages of reviews, dictionaries, concordances, texts edited by others, Unitarian controversial treatises, etc. However, he took a more conspicuous and personal part in the preparation (with Baptist scholar Horatio B. Hackett) of the enlarged American edition of Dr. (afterwards Sir) William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible (1867-1870), to which he contributed more than 400 articles, as well as greatly improving the bibliographical completeness of the work. He was an efficient member of the American revision committee for the Revised Version (1881-1885), and helped prepare Caspar René Gregory's Prolegomena to the revised Greek New Testament of Constantin von Tischendorf.

He was one of the 32 founding members of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1880.[2]

His principal single work, representing his scholarly method and conservative conclusions, was The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel: External Evidences (1880; 2nd ed. by J. H. Thayer, with other essays, 1889), originally a lecture. In spite of the compression due to its form, this work was up to that time probably the ablest defense, based on external evidence, of the Johannine authorship, and certainly the most complete treatment of the relation of Justin Martyr to this gospel.

Abbot Appears on the front cover of David Cloud's book, Unholy Hands on God's Holy Book.

Honors

Abbot was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1861.[3] Though a layman, he received the degree of S.T.D. from Harvard in 1872, and that of D.D. from Edinburgh in 1884.

Works

References

  • 1. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, ISBN 0-550-18022-2, page 2
  • 2. Saunders, Ernest W. (1982). "Searching the Scriptures:A History of the Society of Biblical Literature".
  • 3. "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
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