The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886Various
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The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886
Various
New England -- Periodicals
The relations of the publishing business to the Seminary and the
enthusiasm for theological learning inspired by Prof. Stuart are
well illustrated in the title of Newcome's "Harmony of the
Gospels," published soon after Flagg & Gould opened their
printing-office: "A Harmony in Greek of the Gospels, with Notes, By
William Newcome, D.D., Dublin, 1778: Reprinted from the Text and
Select Various Readings of Griesbach, by the Junior Class in the
Theological Seminary at Andover, under the Superintendence of Moses
Stuart, Associate Professor of Sacred Literature in said Seminary.
Andover: Printed by Flagg and Gould. 1814." This was probably the
first book in Greek published here. Other books have occasionally
been published by the students of the Seminary. The first book in
Hebrew printed at the Andover Press was Stuart's Hebrew Grammar,
the Professor himself superintending the type-setting. Inspired by
his zeal, Dr. Codman, in 1821, gave to the Seminary $2,000 for the
purchase of type to be used for printing the Oriental languages, a
kind of work then new in this country hence the name "Codman
Press," which appears on the books of early date. Works or parts
of works were printed in as many as ten Eastern languages, a
speciality at Andover which has been continued to the present time.
Equally zealous in his department was Dr. Porter, President, and
Professor of Sacred Rhetoric, in directing the attention of the
clergy to the study of pulpit eloquence. He published largely on
that subject, some of his books attaining a very extensive sale.
Prof. Stuart also published here his Commentaries, some of which,
at the time, greatly agitated the theological world. They still
abide the test of time and survive among the fittest. Having
published as many as six editions of his own Hebrew Grammars, he
translated that of Gesenius, and, in connection with Dr. Robinson,
he translated also the first edition of Winer's New Testament Greek
Grammar, then a book of 176 pages, now, in its
seventh--Thayers--edition, one of 746 pages. Both of these works in
their greatly improved form still hold the foremost rank as
text-books in their respective departments.
Not far from one hundred and fifty different works of 8vo size,
some of them containing several volumes, among these the
"Bibliotheca Sacra," now entering on its forty-third year, until
lately edited by Prof. E. A. Park, one of its founders; over one
hundred and fifty books of 12mo and smaller sizes, and more than
two hundred pamphlets, have been published in Andover. Many of
these works were written here (also many others published
elsewhere), and were the outgrowth of the institutions of the
place.
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