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Life
1835-1918; Unitarian minister in London and Oxford; wrote articles and speeches, edited in sev. volumes, supported Home Rule and women’s suffrage; works incl. Life and Letters of Dr. Martineau [1805-1900], and The Jewish Messiah, A Critical History of the Messianic Idea among the Jews
(1877). DIW
Works
Introduction to the Study of Theology (London: Macmillan 1884), xii, 262pp. [see details]; Philo Judaeus: or, The Jewish-Alexandrian philosophy in its Development and Completion (London, Williams and Norgate 1888), q.pp.; Studies in Christian Doctrine (London: Lindsey Press 1908), xxiii, 536pp.; with C. P. Upton, Life and Letters of James Martineau, 2 vols. (London: Nisbet 1902), 2 vols., ill.; An Inquiry into the Authorship and Character of the Fourth Gospel [Hibbert Trustees] (London: Williams and Norgate 1903), xvi, 528pp.; Johannine Thoughts: Meditations in Prose and Verse Suggested by Passages in the Fourth Gospel (London: Philip Green 1909), viii, 200pp.
Note: This author have been J. Drummond, a party to The New Testament in the Apostolic fathers by a committee of the Oxford Society of Historical Theology: Bible. N.T. Greek. Selections (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1905), v, 144pp.
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Bibliographical details
Introduction to the Study of Theology (London: Macmillan 1884), xii, 262pp. CONTENTS: Part l: Nature, importance, and principles of theological study. Part 2: Relation of theology to other studies. Part 3: Synoptical view of the various branches of theology. Philosophy. Comparative religion. Biblical theology. Ecclesiastical history. Systematic theology. Practical theology. (COPAC - online; accessed 29.07.2023).Philo Judaeus: or, The Jewish-Alexandrian philosophy in its Development and Completion (London: Williams and Norgate 1888), q.pp. CONTENTS (partial): Book One - Greek Philosophy: Heraclitus; Anaxagoras to Aristotle; The Stoics. Book Two: Blending of Helenism and Judaism till the time of Philo: Preparations for the doctrine of the Logos in the Old Testament; Ecclesiasticus; The Septuagint; Jewish-Alexandrian literature: Sibylline oracles; The wisdom of Solomon. Book Three: Philo: The origin and nature of philosophy; The universe and the problems it suggests; Anthropology; The existence and nature of God; The divine powers; The Logos; The higher anthropology.
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References
Dictionary of National Biography [no entry].
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Notes
Namesakes:William Drummond [of Hawthornden/Hauthornden] (1585-1649), author of History of Scotland from the year 1423 until the year 1542 [...] (London: Printed for Tho. Fabian ..., [1680]), ([41], 436pp.; and Forth feasting : A panegyricke to the Kings most excellent Maiestie (Edinburgh: Printed by Andro Hart 1617, 16pp.; A collection of the Poems of William Drummon of Hawthornden (Edinburgh: Watson 1711); Bishop James Drummond(1629-1695), a Scottish prelate; .. et mult. alii.
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