James Moffatt
British theologian (1870–1944)
James Moffatt (4 July 1870, Glasgow – 27 June 1944, New York City) was a Scottish theologian, author and Bible translator.
He was a graduate of the University of Glasgow. He trained at the Free Church College, Glasgow.
Career
He was a practising minister at the United Free Church in Dundonald, Ayrshire, in the early years of his career. He received the degree Doctor of Divinity from the University of St Andrews in April 1902.
In 1907 he became minister of the Broughty Ferry United Free Church in Dundee; the new denomination had been created in 1900 when the majority of Free Church congregations merged with the United Presbyterian Church.
In 1911, he was appointed Professor of Greek and New Testament Exegesis at Mansfield College, Oxford. He returned to Glasgow in 1915 as Professor of Church History at the United Free Church College.
In 1927 he moved to the USA, and for the next 12 years 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).
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