Benjamin Wisner Bacon

Background

BACON, Benjamin Wisner was born on January 15, 1860 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Leonard Woolsey and Susan Bacon. G.-son of Leonard Bacon.

Education

Brother of Selden B. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1881, Bachelor of Divinity, 1884, Master of Arts, 1892. (Doctor of Divinity, Western Reserve, 1893, University of Breslau, 1911, Harvard, 1914.

Doctor of Letters, Syracuse, 1895, Oxford [England], 1920, Yale, 1929. Doctor of Laws, Illinois College 1904).

Career

Ministry, 1884; pastor Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1884-1889, Oswego, New York, 1889-1896. Instructor New Testament Greek, 1896-1897, professor New Testament criticism and exegesis, since 1897, Yale. Director American School of Archæology, Jerusalem, Syria, 1905-1906.

Earl lecturer, University of California, 1911 and 1924.

Author: The Genesis of Genesis, 1891. Triple Tradition of the Exodus, 1894.

Introduction to the New Testament, 1900. The Sermon on the Mount, 1902.

The Story of Saint Paul, 1904.

Beginnings of Gospel Story, 1909. The Founding of the Church, 1909. Commentary on Galatians, 1909.

The Fourth Gospel in Research and Debate, 1909.

Jesus the Son of God, 1911. Making of the New Testament, 1912.

Theodore Thornton Munger, New England Minister, 1913. Christianity Old and New, 1913.

Is Mark a Roman Gospel?, 1919.

Jesus and Paul, 1920. The Teaching Ministry for Tomorrow, 1923. He Opened to Us the Scriptures, 1923.

The Gospel of Mark, Its Composition and Date, 1925.

The Apostolic Message, 1925. The Story of Jesus, 1927.

Studies in Matthew, 1930. Home: New Haven, Connecticut

Achievements

• Benjamin Wisner Bacon has been listed as a noteworthy theologian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Fourth Gospel in Research and Debate: A Series of Essays on Problems Concerning Cerning the Origin and Value of the Anonymous Writings to the Apostle John (Classic Reprint)

    (Excerpt from The Fourth Gospel in Research and Debate: A ...)

  • The Triple Tradition of the Exodus: A Study of the Structure of the Later Pentateuchal Books, Reproducing the Sources of the Narrative, and Further ... of Bibles Within the Bible (Classic Reprint)

    (Excerpt from The Triple Tradition of the Exodus: A Study ...)

  • The Fourth Gospel in Research and Debate: A Series of Essays on Problems Concerning Cerning the Origin and Value of the Anonymous Writings to the to the Apostle John (Classic Reprint)

    (The present volume has grown out of certain articles cont...)

  • The Beginnings Of Gospel Story.

    (PREFACE No man can pretend to have seriousIy examined the...)

  • The Beginnings of Gospel Story a Inquiry Into the Sources and Structure of the Gospel According to Mark, With Expository Notes Upon, the Text, for English Readers (Classic Reprint)

    (No man can pretend to have seriously examined the histori...)

  • The Fourth Gospel in Research and Debate, a Series of Essays on Problems Con, Cerning the Origin and Value of the Anonymous Writings Attrib, the to the Apostle John (Classic Reprint)

    (The present volume has grown out of certain articles con ...)

  • The Beginnings of Gospel Story: A Historico-Critical Inquiry Into the Sources and Structure of the Gospel According to Mark, with Expository Notes Upon the Text, for English Readers

    (This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)

  • The Fourth Gospel in Research and Debate; - Scholar's Choice Edition

    ( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)

  • The Triple Tradition of the Exodus, a Study of the Structure of the Later Pentateuchal Books, Reproducing the Sources of the Narrative, and Further ... of Bibles Within the Bible (Classic Reprint)

    (It is now some eight years since I undertook a typographi...)

  • The Beginning of Gospel Story

    (This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)

  • The Triple Tradition Of The Exodus: A Study Of The Structure Of The Later Pentateuchal Books (1894)

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

  • The Triple Tradition of the Exodus: A Study of the Structure of the Later Pentateuchal Books, Reproducing the Sources of the Narrative, and Further Illustrating the Presence of Bibles Within the Bible

    (This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before ...)

  • The Beginnings Of Gospel Story: A Historico-Critical Inquiry Into The Sources And Structure Of The Gospel According To Mark

    (This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.)

  • The Fourth Gospel In Research And Debate

    (This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition. A Ser...)

  • The Triple Tradition of the Exodus: A Study of the Structure of the Later Pentateuchal Books, Reproducing the Sources of the Narrative, and Further ... Presence of Bibles Within the Bible (1894)

    (Originally published in 1894. This volume from the Cornel...)

  • The Triple Tradition of the Exodus : A Study of the Structure of the Later Pentateuchal Books, reproducing the source of the narrative, and further illustrating the presence of Bibles within the Bible
  • The Beginnings of Gospel Story : a Historico-Critical Inquiry Into the Sources and Structure of the Gospel According to Mark : with Expository Notes Upon the Text And the Text Itself, R. V. for English Readers / by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
  • The Beginnings of the Gospel Story

Connections

Married Eliza Buckingham Aiken, May 27, 1884. Children: Dorothy B. (Mistress H. M. Woolsey), Benjamin South. Ordained Congleton.

Father:

Review Leonard Woolsey Bacon

Mother:

Susan (Bacon) Bacon

Spouse:

Eliza Buckingham Aiken

child:

Benjamin South. Ordained Congl Bacon

child:

Dorothy B. Bacon (Mistress H. M. Woolsey)