Background
Samuel Davidson was born on the 23rd of September, 1807 in Ballymena, United Kingdom.
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Samuel Davidson was born on the 23rd of September, 1807 in Ballymena, United Kingdom.
Becoming a Congregationalist, Samuel Davidson accepted in 1842 the chair of biblical criticism, literature and oriental languages at the Lancashire Independent College at Manchester. But he was obliged to resign in 1857, clashing with the college authorities over the publication of an introduction to the Old Testament entitled The Text of the Old Testament, and the Interpretation of the Bible, written for a new edition of Homes Introduction to the Sacred Scripture. Its liberal tendencies caused him to be accused of unsound views, and a most exhaustive report prepared by the Lancashire College committee was followed by numerous pamphlets for and against.
After his resignation a fund of £3000 was subscribed as a testimonial by his friends. In 1862 he moved to London to become scripture examiner in the University of London, and he spent the rest of his life in literary work. However, this confusion is due simply to his sharing the same surname as Andrew Bruce Davidson, D. D., Professor of Hebrew, Free Church College, Edinburgh, who was on that committee.
Davidson is often mistakenly listed as a member of the Old Testament Revision Committee for the Revised Version of 1881.