Samuel Thomas Bloomfield
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Samuel Thomas Bloomfield (1790–1869) was an English clergyman and Biblical textual critic
. His Greek New Testament was widely used, in England and the United States.
, and was educated at Wisbech
and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
where he was a pensioner from 29 June 1804.
He matriculated in 1806, and graduate B.A. in 1808, M.A. in 1811, and D.D. in 1829. He was vicar of Bisbrooke
, Rutland
, from 1814 to 1869.
(3 volumes, 1829).
Textual criticism
Textual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
. His Greek New Testament was widely used, in England and the United States.
Life
His surname was also spelled Blomfield or Blumfield. He was the son of Samuel Blomfield of Boston, LincolnshireBoston, Lincolnshire
Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...
, and was educated at Wisbech
Wisbech
Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.The college was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. It was from its inception an avowedly Puritan foundation: some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance...
where he was a pensioner from 29 June 1804.
He matriculated in 1806, and graduate B.A. in 1808, M.A. in 1811, and D.D. in 1829. He was vicar of Bisbrooke
Bisbrooke
Bisbrooke is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located about two miles east of Uppingham close to the A47. In 2001, it had a population of 219....
, Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
, from 1814 to 1869.
Works
Bloomfield published Recensio Synoptica, and doctrinal Annotations on the New Testament (in 8 volumes, 1826). He also edited a Greek and English lexicon to the New Testament, revised and enlarged from Robinson's lexicon (1829); and a translation of ThucydidesThucydides
Thucydides was a Greek historian and author from Alimos. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC...
(3 volumes, 1829).
- The Greek New Testament Philadelphia 1854
- Recensio Synoptica Annotationis Sacrae (1826-1828)
External links
- Works of Bloomfield, at the Internet Archive