Humphrey Prideaux

Humphrey Prideaux

Humphrey Prideaux (1648–1724), Doctor of Divinity and scholar, belonged to an ancient Cornish family, was born at Padstow, and educated at Westminster School and at Oxford.

He first attracted notice by his description of the Arundel marbles (1676), which gained for him powerful patrons, and he rose to be Dean of Norwich. Among his other works were an anti-Islamic "Life of Mahomet" (1697), and "The Old and New Testament connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations" (1715–17), long an important work, of which many editions were brought out. It is credited as the first source in English to use the term "Vulgar Era", though further research is needed to verify this claim. [ [http://www.religioustolerance.org/ce_info.htm History of the use of BCE/CE and AD/BC to identify dates ] ] [ [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/vulgarera vulgarera - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ] ] Portions of the two-volume work are available at http://www.exorthodoxforchrist.com/augustus_neander_and_more_books.htm for free download.

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