John Edgar McFadyen

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 University of Glasgow. He was born in Glasgow and died in 1933.^[1]

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.^[2] He learned Esperanto in 1907 during a stay in Chautauqua, New York, and was a prominent proponent of that language.

Writings

• 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

• Works by John Edgar McFadyen at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about John Edgar McFadyen at Internet Archive