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HORT, FENTON JOHN ANTHONY (1828–1892)

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HORT, FENTON JOHN ANTHONY (1828–1892)

HORT, See also:
FENTON
FENTON, EDWARD (d. 1603)
FENTON, ELIJAH (1683-1730)
FENTON, LAVINIA (1708-1760)
FENTON, SIR GEOFFREY (c. 1539-1608)
FENTON See also:
JOHN
JOHN (1167–1216)
JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
JOHN (1296-1346)
JOHN (1371–1419)
JOHN (1468-1532)
JOHN (1801-1873)
JOHN (Heb. llni')
JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
JOHN, THE APOSTLE
JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF
JOHN See also:
ANTHONY, SAINT
ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)
ANTHONY (1828–1892) , See also:

ENGLISH

English theologian, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin on the 23rd of See also:

APRIL

April 1828, the See also:

GREAT

great-See also:

GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah Hort, See also:

ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

TUAM

Tuam in the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. In 1846 he passed from See also:

RUGBY

Rugby to Trinity See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

Cambridge, where he was the contemporary of E. W. See also:

Benson, B. F. See also:

WESTCOTT, BROOKE FOSS (1825-1901)

Westcott and J. B. See also:

Lightfoot. The four men became lifelong See also:

friends and See also:

FELLOW

fellow-workers. In 1850 Hort took his degree, being third in the classical tripos, and in 1852 he became fellow of his college. In 1854, in See also:

CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with J. E.

B. See also:

Mayor and Lightfoot, he established the See also:

Journal of Classical and Sacred See also:

PHILOLOGY

Philology, and plunged eagerly into theological and patristic study. He had been brought up in the strictest principles of the Evangelical school, but at Rugby he See also:

fell under the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

Arnold and See also:

Tait, and his acquaintance with See also:

Maurice and See also:

Kingsley finally gave his opinions a direction towards Liberalism. In 1857 he married, and accepted the college living of St Ippolyts, near See also:

HITCHIN

Hitchin, in See also:

HERTFORDSHIRE [HERrs]

Hertfordshire, where he remained for fifteen years. During his See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence there he took some See also:

PART

part in the discussions on university reform, continued his studies, and wrote essays for various See also:

PERIODICALS

periodicals. In 187o he was appointed a member of the See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee for revising the See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of the New Testament, and in 1871 he delivered the Hulsean lectures before the university. Their See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title was The Way, the Truth, and the See also:

LIFE

Life, but they were not prepared for publication until many years after their delivery. In 1872 he accepted a fellowship and lectureship at See also:

EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel College; in 1878 he was made Hulsean See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of divinity, and in 1887 See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

Margaret reader in divinity. In the meantime he had published, with his friend Westcott, an edition of the See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of. the New Testament. The Revision Committee had very largely accepted this text, even before its publication, as a basis for their translation of the New Testament. The See also:

WORK

work on its See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance created an immense sensation among scholars, and was vehemently attacked in many quarters, but on the whole it was received as being much the nearest approximation yet made to the See also:

ORIGINAL

original text of the New Testament (see See also:

BIBLE: New Testament, " Textual See also:

Criticism "). The introduction was the work of Hort, and its See also:

DEPTH

depth and fulness convinced all who read it that they were under the guidance of a See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master.

Hort died on the 30th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1892, worn out by intense See also:

MENTAL

mental labour. Next to his See also:

Greek Testament his best-known work is The See also:

Christian See also:

ECCLESIA (Gr. EKKX ria, from Lc, out, and Ka)teiv, to call)

Ecclesia (1897). Other publications are: Judaistic See also:

CHRISTIANITY

Christianity (1894); See also:

VILLAGE

Village Sermons (two See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series); Cambridge and other Sermons; Prolegomena to ... See also:

Romans and See also:

EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Ephesians (1895); The Ante-Nicene Fathers (1895); and two See also:

DISSERTATIONS

Dissertations, on the See also:

READING

reading p.ovoyevils Beos in John i. 18, and on The Constantinopolitan and other Eastern See also:

CREEDS (Lat. credo, I believe), or CONFESSIONS OF FAITH

Creeds in the See also:

FOURTH

Fourth Century. All are See also:

MODELS

models of exact scholarship and skilful use of materials. His Life and Letters was edited by his son, See also:

Sir See also:

Arthur Hort, See also:

BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart. (1896).

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