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Question #24 -
QUESTION:
Who was Dean Burgon?
ANSWER:
He was an outstanding 19th century Bible scholar.
EXPLANATION: John William
Burgon (1813-1888) was a man of tremendous intellect and ranks
among men such a Lancelot Andrews (1555-1626) and Robert Dick
Wilson (1856-1930) in scholarship. He became the Dean of
Chichester and has since been known as "Dean" Burgon.
Dr. Burgon was contemporary with Westcott and
Hort. He was an advocate of the Textus Receptus and was the
nemesis of Westcott and Hort's feeble arguments against it. He
believed, unlike Westcott and Hort, in basing all conclusions on
the solid foundation of facts rather than the sand
of theory. He would leave no stone unturned in his quest for truth
and no blow undelivered in his defense of it.
His serious scholarship, quick wit and acid
tongue drove Westcott and Hort and all other Alexandrian scholars
from the field of battle. His arguments against the Alexandrian
text and in favor of the last 12 verses of Mark and other
questioned portions have proven to be as unanswerable by modem
scholarship as they were to his contemporaries.
Today his name is as synonymous with the
defense of the King James Bible as the names of Hills, Fuller and
Ruckman. He is not only known as a champion of the Authorized
Bible, but his works are an example of what honest,
objective and thorough scholarship can
produce.
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