Mariam: A Romance of Persia
A romance set in Persia depicting Protestant missionaries among Armenian villagers, conflicts over girls' education, traditional faith, and cultural tensions.
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Mariam: A Romance of Persia
Riots and the Gospel in Transcaucasia
Reviews Hume's study of Hinduism and recounts Transcaucasian riots, Armenian persecution, and Protestant missionary responses (Basel mission, Bible Society, Swedish evangelists).
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The Armenian Church in Its Relation to the Russian Government
1905 analysis of the crisis between Imperial Russia and the Armenian (Gregorian) Church: state seizure of church property, control of schools, Russification, and suppression of Armenian national life.
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The Condition of the Armenians in Persia
Oct 1903 Assembly Herald warns of Mormonism's growing, coercive influence and reports on Armenian missions in Persia—material progress, spiritual indifference, and a call for Protestant evangelism.
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The Atoning Savior of the Shiahs
Two essays: one defends Kantian epistemology as a basis for theism and the concepts underlying science. The other examines Shiah Islam's sacrificial and vicarious-atonement beliefs versus biblical atonement.
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The Study and Defense of the Bible in Westminster Seminary
Defends biblical Christianity—defines what Christianity is, warns against modern distortions, and argues for Old Testament reliability using philology, manuscripts and archaeology.
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The Textual Criticism of the Old Testament
Two essays: one analyzes Paul’s teaching on the resurrection and the parousia; the other defends the textual reliability of the Hebrew Old Testament from manuscripts, versions, and parallels.
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Introduction to John L. Campbell, The Bible Under Fire
A popular apologetic defending the Bible against higher criticism, modernism, and evolution. Uses archaeology, prophecy, miracles, and doctrinal argument to uphold Scripture.
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The Rule of Faith and Life
Argues Christianity’s uniqueness and the divine, reliable status of Scripture—defending the Old Testament canon by historical, communal, and evidential grounds.
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Foreign Words in the Old Testament as an Evidence of Historicity
1928 study of foreign loanwords (Aramaic, Babylonian, Egyptian, Persian, Greek) in the Old Testament and inscriptions, arguing linguistic evidence supports historicity and dating of Daniel and Ezra.
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Evidence in Hebrew Diction for the Dates of Documents
A linguistic critique arguing Hebrew vocabulary and syntax don't conclusively date certain OT books post‑Nehemiah; it challenges Driver's 'late' word lists.
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The Radical Criticism of the Psalter
Argues for the historical trustworthiness of the Psalter's superscriptions, defending traditional authorship and dating by analogy with ancient Near Eastern and Hebrew documents.
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Why I Believe the Old Testament
Defenses of objective religious knowledge and Old Testament authority against Modernist skepticism: critique of anti-intellectualism, archaeological evidence, and epistemic premises for truth.
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On the Hebrew of Daniel
Critical review of Driver's claim that Daniel's Hebrew is post‑Nehemiah, analyzing uses of the verbs 'ʿamad' and 'kum' and linguistic implications for dating the book.
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A Scientific Investigation of the Old Testament
Wilson argues, using evidential methods and extra-biblical archaeology, that the Old Testament text is substantially reliable and its traditional authorship and meaning are credible.
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Virgin Means Virgin
Defends a scriptural method of Bible study against modern critical approaches, affirming the Bible's unity and Jesus' supernatural claims. Argues that 'alma' in Isaiah 7:14 means 'virgin'.
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Jesus and the Old Testament
Memorial lecture defending Jesus' citations of the Old Testament, arguing for the historicity and verbal reliability of OT texts against modern critical objections.
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The Meaning of “Virgin”
Essay on the Reformed faith in modern Scotland (Old School vs New School) and a philological study arguing the Hebrew 'alma' in Isaiah 7:14 is rendered 'virgin' in ancient versions.
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The Headings of the Psalms
Defends the reliability of the Psalms' headings, arguing ancient authorship and preservation with Near Eastern parallels. Critiques modern documentary and destructive criticism.
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Aramaisms in the Old Testament
Two Princeton Review essays: one likens the Church's trials to recurring storms of unbelief; the other analyzes Aramaisms in the Old Testament, arguing they do not prove post‑exilic authorship.
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