An Introduction to the Controversy on the Disputed Verse of St. John, as Revived by Mr. Gibbon: To Which Is Added, Christian Theocracy; Or, a Second Letter to Mrs. Joanna Baillie, on the Doctrine of the Trinity
An Introduction to the Controversy on the Disputed Verse of St. John, as Revived by Mr. Gibbon: To Which Is Added, Christian Theocracy; Or, a Second Letter to Mrs. Joanna Baillie, on the Doctrine of the Trinity
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... The object of these pages is to recall the attention of the reader to that state of the inquiry into the authenticity of the disputed Verse of St. John, in which it was, prior to the publication of Archdeacon Travis's and Mr. Porson's Letters, when it was revived by Mr. Gibbon's celebrated Note to the 37th ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... The object of these pages is to recall the attention of the reader to that state of the inquiry into the authenticity of the disputed Verse of St. John, in which it was, prior to the publication of Archdeacon Travis's and Mr. Porson's Letters, when it was revived by Mr. Gibbon's celebrated Note to the 37th Chapter of his History, Archdeacon Travis becoming the advocate of the authenticity of the Verse, against Mr. Gibbon; and Mr. Porson the asserter of its spuriousness, in defence of the Historian. " Yet why defend Mr. Gibbon, an enemy? I do not "defend Mr. Gibbon, except by accident.--But where would "be the harm, if I avowed myself the defender of Mr. Gib"bon? Because he is an enemy 1 For that reason I would "defend him." Preface to Mr. Porson's Letters, p. xxvii. B In this Introduction, I confine myself to Mr. Gibbon's general positions and particular objections relative to the Verse, without reference to the Archdeacon's arguments for the Verse in his Letters to Mr. Gibbon (which are chiefly employed in answering Benson, Newton, Griesbach, and Bowyer), or to Mr. Porson's arguments against the Verse in his Letters to the Archdeacon, except incidentally as they relate to Mr. Gibbon, which are occupied more in the correction of Mr. Travis's oversights than in the defence of Mr. Gibbon. Mr. Travis's undertaking embraced too large a space of critical inquiry for his experience, and exposed him to the commission of various errors in philology and criticism, which laid him open to the wit, the ridicule, and the contempt of his very learned antagonist, which contributed more to decide the question, with many readers, than any thing that the Professor's erudition or sagacity enabled him to allege against the authenticity of the Verse. I take no...
Read Less