Henry Barclay Swete (1835–1917)
Author of The Gospel According to St. Mark: The Greek Text with Introduction, Notes and Indices
About the Author
Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917) was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge for twenty-five years. Swete is well-known and respected for the extensive range of his biblical and patristic studies and for this careful and exact scholarship.
Works by Henry Barclay Swete
The Gospel According to St. Mark: The Greek Text with Introduction, Notes and Indices (1978) 175 copies
Commentary on Revelation: The Greek Text (Kregel Reprint Library) (1979) — Editor — 64 copies, 1 review
The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Apparatus for Alternate Texts) (2010) 30 copies, 1 review
The Holy Catholic Church: The Communion of Saints: A Study in the Apostles' Creed (2011) 14 copies, 2 reviews
The Appearances of Our Lord After the Passion: A Study in the Earliest Christian Tradition (2009) 10 copies
The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint, Vol. 3: Hosea-4 Maccabees, Psalms of Solomon, Enoch, the Odes (Classic Reprint) (2017) 8 copies
Essays on Some Biblical Questions of the Day by Members of the University of Cambridge (1909) 5 copies
On the Early History of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, with Especial Reference to the Controversies of the Fourth Century (2010) 4 copies
On the history of the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit, from the apostolic age to the death of Charlemagne (2004) 3 copies
Commentary on Mark 1 copy
The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint 2 Part Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Religion) (Volume 2) (2015) 1 copy
Patristic Study 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1835-03-14
- Date of death
- 1917-05-10
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Organizations
- University of Cambridge
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Redland, England, UK
- Place of death
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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This book needs desperately to be replaced. Which is why you need it.
It needs to be replaced because the first edition is more than a century old, and even the revised edition is up to the century mark and is not by the original author. The information it contains is dreadfully out of date.
And yet... there really isn't anything to replace it. The Septuagint -- the earliest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible -- is the Old Testament of the Orthodox Church. Even for the other Christian show more churches, it has great importance, because it is the only real "control" on the Hebrew Bible -- the only other ancient tradition of Hebrew books, allowing us to correct any corruptions and corrections made by the early Jewish scribes. Thus any serious student of the Hebrew Bible needs to know and understand the Septuagint.
Which obviously means that we need scholars who know and understand the Septuagint. Which means that they need textbooks. And -- there aren't any. Not really. Not good enough. For many aspects of the topic, such as a discussion of the manuscripts, this is still the best there is.
In a perfect world, Swete would have been replaced by now. Since the world is imperfect -- you still need it. show less
It needs to be replaced because the first edition is more than a century old, and even the revised edition is up to the century mark and is not by the original author. The information it contains is dreadfully out of date.
And yet... there really isn't anything to replace it. The Septuagint -- the earliest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible -- is the Old Testament of the Orthodox Church. Even for the other Christian show more churches, it has great importance, because it is the only real "control" on the Hebrew Bible -- the only other ancient tradition of Hebrew books, allowing us to correct any corruptions and corrections made by the early Jewish scribes. Thus any serious student of the Hebrew Bible needs to know and understand the Septuagint.
Which obviously means that we need scholars who know and understand the Septuagint. Which means that they need textbooks. And -- there aren't any. Not really. Not good enough. For many aspects of the topic, such as a discussion of the manuscripts, this is still the best there is.
In a perfect world, Swete would have been replaced by now. Since the world is imperfect -- you still need it. show less
The Holy Catholic church: The communion of saints ; a study in the Apostles Ìcreed by Henry Barclay Swete
Anyone looking for a foundational view of the Church from an Anglican perspective, this work is a must read.
An introduction to the Old Testament in Greek / by Henry Barclay Swete ; rev. by Richard Rusden Ottley by Henry Barclay Swete
Reprint. Orig. publ. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1914
A Study of Christian Teaching in th Age of the Fathers
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