Review of "The New Testament, in an Improved Version, upon the Basis of Arch-Bishop Newcome's Translation." Including a review of Greisbach's edition of the Greek Testament; with remarks upon the various editions and versions of the New Testament, and inquiry into the propriety of a new translation. Boston: Published by W. Wells..Printed at Cambridge by Hilliard & Metcalf, 1810. [12084]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, faded institutional stamp on the tp, 55 (1) pp., infrequent marginal notes & brief underlining, contemporary with the pamphlet. Newly stab-sewn. Good. Pamphlet.
"A. Holmes" in brown ink at top of title page; possibly the Rev. Abiel Holmes.
"From the Eclectic Review."
This includes several pages of charts comparing the KJV English, the Received Text in Greek, Grisbach's Text in Greek, and the Improved Version in English.
The writer finds fault with Grisbach's text and translation.
"We have pointed out some important instances in which the spirit of party has perverted the judgment of the primate and his improvers, so as to have turned them from that right course which unbiased translators have held..." and yet the reviewer concludes, "we find no reason to withhold the praise due to integrity and fidelity in the general execution of the work."
Attributed to John Pye Smith at WorldCat. John Pye Smith, D.D., LL.D. (1774-1851), Congregational minister; a native of Sheffield, England, where his father was a bookseller; entered the Independent Academy at Rotherham in 1796; held several teaching positions in his career, was for 47 years the pastor of an Independent congregation and the author of many books both scholarly and spiritual.
