James Hastings
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James Hastings was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and biblical scholar.
He was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire
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He studied the classics at the University of Aberdeen
, attended the Free Church Divinity College in Aberdeen, and was ordained a Free Church minister in 1884.
He was founder and editor of the Expository Times
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He was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
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He studied the classics at the University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
, attended the Free Church Divinity College in Aberdeen, and was ordained a Free Church minister in 1884.
He was founder and editor of the Expository Times
Expository Times
The Expository Times is a long-established academic journal of Biblical studies, theology, and ministry established in 1889 by the Scottish theologian James Hastings...
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Works (as editor)
- Dictionary of the BibleHastings' Dictionary of the BibleHastings' Dictionary of the Bible was a five-volume Biblical encyclopaedia published 1898—1904.-First edition:The full title was A Dictionary of the Bible, dealing with the Language, Literature and Contents, including the Biblical Theology. It was edited by James Hastings, with the assistance...
, (1898–1904), five volumes - Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, (1901), two volumes, later editions with John A. Selbie and John C. Lambert
- Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, (Edinburgh 1908–26; 2nd edition 1925–1940, reprint 1955), 13 volumes
- Dictionary of the Apostolic Church, (1916)
- The Great Texts of the Bible, multiple volumes
- The Speaker's Bible, 13 volumes