Reminiscences of an Octogenarian
Reminiscences of an Octogenarian

Author: Bruce M. Metzger

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 1995-09-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1441241817

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Bruce Manning Metzger's memoirs trace his life from his childhood in the Pennsylvania Dutch country and his student years at Princeton through his distinguished career of teaching, writing, lecturing, and editing. Professor Metzger's work has won him the gratitude of both biblical scholars and the larger Bible-reading public. His text-critical work on the New Testament is reflected in the standard Greek text now used and appreciated by scholars worldwide. His efforts on the Revised Standard and New Revised Standard versions of the Bible helped produce the readable, accurate English translations used for study and devotion by so many. His work on The Reader's Digest Bible and The Oxford Companion to the Bible has made the Bible more accessible for an untold number of readers. In these memoirs, Professor Metzger's own words put a human face on his monumental scholarly achievements. The wide array of stories and vignettes--from Senator Joseph McCarthy's attack on RSV committee members and Metzger's audiences with the pope to the time Professor Metzger and other members of the NRSV committee had to crawl out of a library window to get to their dinner--offer the reader a personal insight into some of the twentieth century's crucial developments in the text and translation of the Bible.

Autobiography of an Octogenarian
Autobiography of an Octogenarian

Author: Robert Enoch Withers

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9781230410388

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. WAR. At no period of my life had I experienced such feelings of anxiety, apprehension and discomfort as oppressed me at this time. The idea of leaving behind me a wife and eight little girls without a protector, was in itself most distressing, but when to this was added the expectation of an addition to the number which might occur at any hour, I was placed in a most embarrassing dilemma. I came to the conclusion that I would not leave home before the expected event occurred, as no consideration of duty or honor demanded such a sacrifice. Providentially, however, my tenth daughter was ushered into a troubled world about midnight of the twenty-second of April. We were under marching orders for eight a . m. on the twentythird, about eight hours afterwards. My wife, with that unselfish courage which always characterized her, said I must accompany the battalion if I thought it my duty to do so. I continued to balance the conflicting claims of domestic and public duty without reaching a decision, until the beating of the drums and the whistle of the awaiting train forced me to action. I then cheered my wife with the assurance that I would almost surely be able to get leave of absence for a few days before the command would leave Richmond, and would then pay her a visit, and with this promise we parted. I doubt if any other soldier answered the call leaving a wife in bed and a baby eight hours old. Before I started, my wife asked what we should call the baby, I answered that I left it entirely to her. By some means the peculiar circumstances of the case became public, and the Richmond Whig, at that time a journal of large influence and circulation suggested as appropriate for the little stranger the name of "Virginia Secessia, ..".

The Autobiography of an Octogenarian
The Autobiography of an Octogenarian

Author: D. N. Prime

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-07-22

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 3382815613

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1873. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Autobiography of an Elderly Woman
Autobiography of an Elderly Woman

Author: Mary Heaton Vorse

Publisher:

Published: 1911

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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The story of growing old in another age. The time is the early 1910s, the protagonist a grandmother. She complains her children treat her like a child, taking her for walks and car rides to keep her healthy, activities she hates. One can only speculate how grandma would view the modern practice of sending aging relatives to old people's homes.

The Autobiography of an Octogenarian
The Autobiography of an Octogenarian

Author: Daniel Noyes Prime

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781331133094

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Excerpt from The Autobiography of an Octogenarian: Containing the Genealogy of His Ancestors; Sketches of Their History; And of Various Events That Have Occurred During His Protracted Life; His Theological Views, &C, &C For a man in the "common walks of life," with nothing very remarkable to relate, to become his own biographer and publish to the world a history of his experiences, will probably be thought by many an exhibition of vanity and egotism. I do not wonder at this. I freely confess that such has been my own feelings while writing these pages. When I commenced I had no real expectation that my scribblings would ever be published to the world. My object was simply to employ some of my leisure hours in calling back to mind some of the almost forgotten scenes of by-gone days for my own amusement and edification, thinking that I might perhaps leave something in manuscript that might be interesting to my children and friends. But as I proceeded and reflected upon the subject, and my manuscript increased in dimensions, I came to the conclusion that in no other way could my wishes be so well effected as to employ that wonderful agent, the press. What I wished to say to a few of my friends, might be interesting to many. The genealogy of our ancestors, I think, will interest a large circle of the descendants and connections of the different families from which we have descended. I regret that it could not have been more extensive and complete, especially that of the Primes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.