Arthur Lukyn Williams (1853–1943) was a Hebrew New Testament scholar[1] at Jesus College, Cambridge.[2][3] He was also a Christian apologist active in Christian mission to Jews.[4]

Lukyn Williams
BornArthur Lukyn Williams Edit this on Wikidata
1853 Edit this on Wikidata
Dummer Edit this on Wikidata
Died6 October 1943 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 89–90)
Cambridgeshire Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placeGuilden Morden Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationTheologian Edit this on Wikidata

Life

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Williams earned the BA Theology Tripos in 1875 (first class honours).[1] He was awarded the MA Degree in 1878 and in 1906 Williams earned his BD. From 1911, he held his D.D.

Williams was ordained to the priesthood in 1877, and became principal of Moore Theological College in 1878.[5] From 1878 until 1884 he was the third Principal of Moore Theological College in Sydney, New South Wales.[6][7] From 1885 until 1891, He was subsequently Rector of Ampton, Suffolk.[7] From 1895 to 1919 He was Vicar of Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire (near Cambridge),[7] and he also was Honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral, and Chaplain to Sir George Fordham.[8]

Works

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  • Famines In India: Their Causes And Possible Prevention being the Cambridge University Le Bas Prize essay, 1875 London : HS King. 1876. xv. [1]. 160 p. ; 20 cm.
  • A Manual Of Christian Evidences For Jewish People 1911
  • St. Matthew (2 vols) 1917[9]
  • Justin Martyr – The Dialogue with Trypho, 1930.
  • Adversus Judaeos. A Bird's-Eye View of Christian Apologiae until the Renaissance, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1935
  • Epistle Of Paul The Apostle To The Galatians
  • The Epistles Of Paul The Apostle To The Colossians: And To Philemon

References

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  1. ^ a b John A. McIntosh (2018). Anglican Evangelicalism in Sydney 1897 to 1953: Nathaniel Jones, D. J. Davies and T. C. Hammond. Australian College of Theology Monograph Series. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781532643071.
  2. ^ The interpretation of the New Testament, 1861-1961 Stephen Neill – 1966 "... of St. Matthew and St. Towams the end of the year 1922 that excellent scholar Dr. A. 1 Dr. Lukyn Williams was born in 1853 and was thus already eight years old at the beginning of the period which we have been studying in this book"
  3. ^ Christ and the Bible John William Wenham 1984 "I well remember Dr A. Lukyn Williams, a great authority on Judaism, uttering a warning against the facile acceptance of solutions to biblical problems based on the assumption that the writers did not know their Bibles properly."
  4. ^ William Thomas Gidney The history of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews: from 1809 to 1908. 1908 "A. Lukyn Williams and CH Banning, and Bishop (now Archbishop) Nuttall, of Jamaica. Mr. Williams, who was at that time superintending the Society's work in London, spoke on the attitude of the Jews toward Christianity, basing his remarks ."
  5. ^ "Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (21 vols.)". www.logos.com. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  6. ^ "A Centenary History of Moore Theological College" Marcus Loane – 1955.
  7. ^ a b c "A guide to Moore College campus" (PDF): 8. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Lukyn Williams, Arthur (1918). Justice The Prerogative of God. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.
  9. ^ The American journal of theology: Volume 21 University of Chicago. Divinity School – 1917 A NEW EXPOSITION OF MATTHEW'S GOSPEL During the years 1911-15 Dr. A. Lukyn Williams delivered a series of twelve Warburton Lectures, which have been published in a stately volume