The Testament A Translation Of The People By Charles Williams BAPTIST BIBLE
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The New Testament a Translation of the People by Charles Williams BAPTIST BIBLECharles Williams’ New Testament in the Language of the PeopleCharles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People. Boston: Bruce Humphries Inc., 1937. Slightly revised in 1950 (Chicago: Moody Press).Charles Bray Williams (1869-1952) was a Southern Baptist, born and raised in North Carolina. He earned the B.D. degree at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, P...enn., in 1900, the M.A. from the University of Chicago 1907, and the Ph.D. in Greek from the same institution in 1908. From 1905 to 1919 he was Professor of Greek and New Testament Interpretation at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. From 1919 to 1921 he was President of Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham, Alabama. From 1921 to 1925 he served as as chair of New Testament Interpretation at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. From 1925 to 1939 he was Professor of Greek and Ethics at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Throughout his teaching career, he also served as Pastor for Baptist churches in the cities where he resided.His translation of the New Testament “in the Language of the People” was done during his years at Union University, and was published in 1937. The text was presented in paragraphs, with many footnotes (about 20 per chapter). It is divided into the usual chapters, but it lacks the verse numbers. At the beginning of each chapter there is a summary of the contents. We give a sample passage from the version below.The version did not attract much attention at the time, but, being the work of a Baptist professor, it did receive attention from other Baptist professors in American seminaries. In 1948, Kenneth Taylor of Moody Press (a publisher of Baptist materials in Chicago) made arrangements with Williams to issue a reprint, in which most of the footnotes were eliminated. Between 1949 and 1965 several editions were published by Moody Press. In 1966 the Moody edition was included in a Four-Translation New Testament published by The Iversen Associates in New York, which was then reprinted by Decision magazine for distribution at Billy Graham Crusades in the early 1970’s. In 1986, another edition of Williams’ version was issued by Holman Bible Publishers.
Gregsbooksandstuff's first sale on Ebay-- May, 1999. Many thanks to all of my valued customers over the last 2 decades!
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Gregsbooksandstuff's first sale on Ebay-- May, 1999. Many thanks to all of my valued customers over the last 2 decades!
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