Description: Robinson, Edward; Patton, William. The Bible and its Literature; an Inaugural Address, delivered in the Mercer-Street Church, in the City of New-York, January 20, 1841; With the Charge by the Rev. William Patton, D. D., Pastor of the Spring-street Church, New-York. New-York: Office of the American Biblical Repository, and the American Eclectic, 1841. [10719] Removed, sewn into a new acid-free wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 46 pp., foxing. Good. Pamphlet. The proceedings here are on the occasion of Dr. Robinson's return from the Holy Land and is becoming Professor of Biblical Literature in the Union Theological Seminary of New York. The Charge instructs Robinson to I. Set his standards high, II. Be careful what you teach, III. Give himself wholly to his work, and IV. Cultivate an elevated piety. The Address by Robinson treats with the Bible alone being the only sufficient rule of faith and practice and the necessity of the gospel preacher to be educated in its original languages. Edward Robinson (1794-1863), b. Southington, CT; d. New York City. Robinson was a scholar of high repute, an expert in ancient languages, a translator of reference works in Hebrew and Greek, professor of sacred literature at Andover Theological Seminary, and founder and editor of the Biblical Repository and the Bibliotheca Sacra. His explorations in Palestine were the first scientific approach to the antiquities there; he made several significant discoveries, including the Siloam tunnel and "Robinson's Arch" in the Old City section of Jerusalem.
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