Briggs, Charles Augustus 1841-1913

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BRIGGS, Charles Augustus 1841-1913

PERSONAL:

Born January 15, 1841, in New York, NY; died of pneumonia, June 8, 1913, in New York, NY; son of Alanson (in business) and Sarah Mead (Berrian) Briggs; married Julia Valentine Dobbs, 1865; children: Emilie Grace. Education: University of Virginia, graduated; University of Berlin, doctorate; also attended Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY.

CAREER:

Ordained Presbyterian minister, 1870, acquitted of heresy charges, c. 1892, and ordination revoked; ordained Episcopal minister, c. 1899; pastor of a Presbyterian church in Roselle, NY, 1870-74; Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, professor of Hebrew and cognate languages, 1874-1904, professor of symbolics until 1913, Edward Robinson Professor of Biblical Theology, 1890, also worked as librarian, McAlpin Collection of British history and theology. Worked briefly in business prior to 1865. Military service: Union Army, served briefly during the Civil War.

WRITINGS:

(Translator) Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, The Book of Ezra, Scribner, Armstrong and Co. (New York, NY), 1877.

Biblical Study: Its Principles, Methods, and History, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1883.

American Presbyterianism: Its Origin and Early History, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1885.

Messianic Prophecy: The Prediction of the Fulfilment of Redemption through the Messiah, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1886.

Whither?, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1889.

Biblical History (lecture), (New York, NY), 1889.

The Authority of Holy Scripture: An Inaugural Address, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1891.

(Associate editor and contributor) A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, with an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic, Houghton-Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1891.

Response to the Charges and Specifications Submitted to the Presbytery of New York, 1891.

The Bible, the Church, and the Reason, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1892.

The Defence of Professor Briggs before the Presbytery of New York, December 13, 14, 15, and 19, 1892, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1892.

The Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch, Press of E. O. Jenkins' Son (New York, NY), 1892, new edition, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1897.

The Messiah in the Gospels, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1894.

The Messiah of the Apostles, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1895.

General Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1899.

The Incarnation of the Lord, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1902.

New Light on the Life of Jesus, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1904.

(With Friedrich von Hügel) The Papal Commission and the Pentateuch, Longmans, Green (New York, NY), 1906.

(With daughter, Emilie Grace Briggs) Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms, two volumes, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1906-07.

Church Unity, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1909.

The Fundamental Christian Faith: The Origin, History, and Interpretation of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1913.

Theological Symbolics, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1914.

History of the Study of Theology, two volumes, edited by Emilie Grace Briggs, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1916.

Inaugural Address and Defense, 1891/1893 (contains The Authority of Holy Scripture: An Inaugural Address and The Defence of Professor Briggs before the Presbytery of New York, December 13, 14, 15, and 19, 1892), Arno Press (New York, NY), 1972.

Author of "Origin and History of Premillenarianism" (pamphlet), 1879; and "The Virgin Birth of Our Lord" (booklet), T. Whitaker (New York, NY). Creator and editor, "International Critical Commentary" series and "International Theological Library" series, both Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY). Contributor to periodicals, including Lutheran Quarterly. Cofounder and editor, Presbyterian Review.