Fenton J. A. Hort

Fenton John Anthony Hort (April 23, 1828–November 30, 1892) was an Irish theologian and editor, with Brooke Westcott of a critical edition of the The New Testament in the Original Greek. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Brooke Foss Westcott ( January 12, 1825 &ndash July 27, 1901) was an English Churchman and theologian The New Testament in the Original Greek is the name of a Greek language version of the New Testament published in 1881

He was born in Dublin, the great-grandson of Josiah Hort, Archbishop of Tuam in the eighteenth century. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Josiah Hort (d 1751 was an English bishop of the Church of Ireland. The Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam Killala and Achonry is an Anglican diocese in the west of Ireland with its see at Tuam. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system In 1846 he passed from Rugby School to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was the contemporary of EW Benson, BF Westcott and JB Lightfoot. Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is a Co-educational Boarding school and one of the oldest public schools Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Edward White Benson ( July 14 1829 &ndash October 11 1896) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1882 until his death Brooke Foss Westcott ( January 12, 1825 &ndash July 27, 1901) was an English Churchman and theologian Joseph Barber Lightfoot ( April 13, 1828 &ndash December 21, 1889) was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham The four men became lifelong friends and fellow-workers. In 1850 Hort took his degree, being third in the classical tripos, and in 1852 he became fellow of his college. The University of Cambridge, England, divides the different kinds of honours Bachelor's degree by Tripos ( a word which has an obscure In 1854, in conjunction with JEB Mayor and Lightfoot, he established the Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, and plunged eagerly into theological and patristic study. John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor ( January 28, 1825 – 1910 was an English classical scholar He had been brought up in the strictest principles of the Evangelical school, but at Rugby he fell under the influence of Thomas Arnold and Archibald Campbell Tait, and his acquaintance with John Frederick Denison Maurice and Charles Kingsley finally gave his opinions a direction towards Liberalism. Thomas Arnold ( 13 June 1795 &ndash 12 June 1842) was a British schoolmaster and historian head of Rugby School from 1828 Archibald Campbell Tait (21 December 1811 – 3 December 1882 was a priest in the Church of England and an Archbishop of Canterbury. John Frederick Denison Maurice ( 29 August 1805 - 1 April 1872) was an English theologian and socialist. Charles Kingsley ( June 12 1819 &ndash January 23 1875) was an English Novelist, particularly associated with the Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal

In 1857 he was married, and accepted the college living of St Ippolyts, near Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, where he remained for fifteen years. St Ippolyts (or St Ippollitts) is a village on the southern edge of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, and has an estimated population of 30360 Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of During his time there he took part in discussions on university reform, continued his studies, and wrote essays for various periodicals. In 1870 he was appointed a member of the committee for revising the translation of the New Testament, and in 1871 he delivered the Hulsean lectures before the university. Their title was The Way, the Truth, and the Life, but they were not prepared for publication until many years after their delivery. In 1872 he accepted a fellowship and lectureship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1878 he was made Hulsean professor of divinity, and in 1887 Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity. Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary The Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity is the oldest professorship or "chair" in the University of Cambridge.

In 1881 he published, with his friend Westcott, an edition of the text of the New Testament based on their text critical work. Textual criticism (or lower criticism) is a branch of Literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of Transcription errors in The Revision Committee had largely accepted this text, even before its publication, as a basis for their translation of the New Testament. Its appearance created a sensation among scholars, and it was attacked in many quarters, but on the whole it was received as being much the nearest approximation yet made to the original text of the New Testament. The introduction was the work of Hort. Hort died on 30 November 1892, worn out by intense mental labour. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Next to his Greek Testament his best-known work is The Christian Ecclesia (1897). Other publications are: Judaistic Christianity (1894); Village Sermons (two series); Cambridge and other Sermons; Prolegomena to . . . Romans and Ephesians (1895); The Ante-Nicene Fathers (1895); and two Dissertations, on the reading of a Greek word in John i. The Gospel of John (literally According to John; Greek, Κατὰ Ἰωάννην Kata Iōannēn) is the fourth Gospel in the canon 18, and on The Constantinopolitan and other Eastern Creeds in the Fourth Century. All are models of exact scholarship and skilful use of materials. His Life and Letters was edited by his son, Sir Arthur Hort, Bart. (1896).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• List of New Testament uncials

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Fenton John Anthony Hort", a publication now in the public domain. A New Testament papyrus is a copy of a portion of the New Testament made on Papyrus. A New Testament uncial is a copy of a portion of the New Testament in Greek or Latin capital or Uncial letters written on Parchment or The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone

External links

• Works by Fenton John Anthony Hort at the Internet Archive