James Hastings

James Hastings ( * 1852 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, † 1922) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and religious scholar.

Life

He was ordained in 1884 and served as minister of the Free Church, the Reformed Free Church in Scotland.

He was editor of the famous Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, cooperated in a variety of prominent scientists, as well as founder and editor of the Expository Times.

Works

  • Dictionary of the Bible. 1898-1904, five volumes
  • Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels. 1901, two volumes, later editions with John A. Selbie and John C. Lambert
  • Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. 1908-26, 13 volumes ( Repr Edinburgh: Clark, New York: Scribner, 1969-1971, at Internet Archive )
  • Dictionary of the Apostolic Church. 1916 ( at Internet Archive )
  • The Great Texts of the Bible. 1912, 20 volumes ( at Internet Archive )
  • The Speaker's Bible. 1923, 13 volumes
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