British theologian
James Moffatt (4 July 1870, Glasgow – 27 June 1944, New York City) was a Scottish theologian and graduate of the University of Glasgow.
Moffatt trained at the Free Church College, Glasgow, and was a practising minister at the United Free Church in Dundonald in the early years of his career. He received the degree Doctor of Divinity from the University of St Andrews in April 1902.
In 1911, he was appointed Professor of Greek and New Testament Exegesis at Mansfield College, Oxford, but he returned to Glasgow in 1915 as Professor of Church History at the United Free Church College. From 1927 to 1939, he was Washburn Professor of Church History at the Union Theological Seminary, New York. In addition, he translated a Modern English Bible translation, the Moffatt, New Translation (MNT).
Translation of Bible.
His "New Translation of the New Testament" was first published in 1913. His "New Translation of the Old Testament", in two volumes, was first published in 1924. The "Complete Moffatt Bible" in one volume was first published in 1926. It was completely revised and reset in 1935. A "Shorter Version of the Moffatt Translation of the Bible" was first published in 1941.
The "Moffatt New Testament Commentary", based on his translation, has 17 volumes. The first volume was published in 1928, the final volume in 1949. The concordance of the complete Bible was first published in 1949.
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