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A Plea for the Critical Study of Scriptures, against Romanism and Rationalism. A Discourse delivered by Rev. Melancthon W. Jacobus, D.D. on the occasion of His Inauguration as Professor of Biblical and Oriental Literature in the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Pa. April 12, 1852. Published by Request of the Board of Directors.

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Singerman ID#supp0286

Jacobus, Melancthon W. A Plea for the Critical Study of Scriptures, against Romanism and Rationalism. A Discourse delivered by Rev. Melancthon W. Jacobus, D.D. on the occasion of His Inauguration as Professor of Biblical and Oriental Literature in the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Pa. April 12, 1852. Published by Request of the Board of Directors. Pittsburgh: Printed by Shryock & Hacke, 1852. 24 p.

Notes

See remarks concerning the neglected study of Hebrew within the Catholic Church, the Inquisition’s persecution of the Jews, and the rejection of Catholicism by Jews that extends to the present day. There is a discussion of the failure of seminaries to prepare missionaries in foreign languages, including Hebrew, to approach the Jews, gifted as they are in multiple languages (pp. 4-6, 13-14).