Comments for eScriptorium http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com this and that from the pen and keyboard of mcgarvey ice Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:28:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on I’ll tell you mine…(a post, with questions, for bibliophiles) by eirenetheou http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ill-tell-you-mine-a-post-with-questions-for-bibliophiles/#comment-345 eirenetheou Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:28:57 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1245#comment-345 After a while, we don't count them; we weigh them -- especially when we move! Then some of us work in libraries, so we can move them some more. God's Peace to you. d After a while, we don’t count them; we weigh them — especially when we move!

Then some of us work in libraries, so we can move them some more.

God’s Peace to you.

d

]]> Comment on I’ll tell you mine…(a post, with questions, for bibliophiles) by Frank http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ill-tell-you-mine-a-post-with-questions-for-bibliophiles/#comment-344 Frank Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:07:09 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1245#comment-344 My year of old(er) books was a good discipline. I wound up reading several things that I'd been saying for years I should read some day. I know that 50 years isn't exactly a long time, but that's where I drew the line. It had to be at least that old. So, along with Augustine and Wyclif, I got to include C.S. Lewis and A.D. Nock, etc. My year of old(er) books was a good discipline. I wound up reading several things that I’d been saying for years I should read some day.

I know that 50 years isn’t exactly a long time, but that’s where I drew the line. It had to be at least that old. So, along with Augustine and Wyclif, I got to include C.S. Lewis and A.D. Nock, etc.

]]> Comment on I’ll tell you mine…(a post, with questions, for bibliophiles) by mcgarvey http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ill-tell-you-mine-a-post-with-questions-for-bibliophiles/#comment-343 mcgarvey Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:59:59 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1245#comment-343 Gary from Red Boiling Springs asks: Greetings, I would like to know the size of your library. Regards, Gary Wilder Red Boiling Springs, TN He posted it as a comment to my 'About' page. I reposted it here since we're talking books. I estimate that I have at or under 2000 books on the Restoration movement. I have in the areas of biblical studies, church history and theology close to 1500 or so, maybe 1800??? Gary from Red Boiling Springs asks:

Greetings,
I would like to know the size of your library.

Regards,
Gary Wilder
Red Boiling Springs, TN

He posted it as a comment to my ‘About’ page. I reposted it here since we’re talking books. I estimate that I have at or under 2000 books on the Restoration movement. I have in the areas of biblical studies, church history and theology close to 1500 or so, maybe 1800???

]]> Comment on I’ll tell you mine…(a post, with questions, for bibliophiles) by mcgarvey http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ill-tell-you-mine-a-post-with-questions-for-bibliophiles/#comment-342 mcgarvey Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:51:59 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1245#comment-342 Funny you bring up English biblical translation. I've been thinking of proposing a quarter of classes at church about the history of the English bible. I agree with you that the anniversary is a perfect time to explore this in church classes. Is this a course you've taught before? I'm interested in a syllabus or outline. How's the New Year's resolution about reading old books holding up? Funny you bring up English biblical translation. I’ve been thinking of proposing a quarter of classes at church about the history of the English bible. I agree with you that the anniversary is a perfect time to explore this in church classes. Is this a course you’ve taught before? I’m interested in a syllabus or outline.

How’s the New Year’s resolution about reading old books holding up?

]]> Comment on I’ll tell you mine…(a post, with questions, for bibliophiles) by mcgarvey http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ill-tell-you-mine-a-post-with-questions-for-bibliophiles/#comment-341 mcgarvey Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:49:06 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1245#comment-341 Keith, I do the same for biblical studies and theology. Although I rely heavily on the Div School library at Vanderbilt. If I purchase a book in these areas it is usually a reference work. I can't remember the last time I bought a commentary. Keith, I do the same for biblical studies and theology. Although I rely heavily on the Div School library at Vanderbilt. If I purchase a book in these areas it is usually a reference work. I can’t remember the last time I bought a commentary.

]]> Comment on I’ll tell you mine…(a post, with questions, for bibliophiles) by Frank http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ill-tell-you-mine-a-post-with-questions-for-bibliophiles/#comment-340 Frank Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:48:11 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1245#comment-340 A nice list. Sounds interesting. A Churches of Christ preacher type, I buy and read stuff in the area of, what else?, biblical studies. However, a special interest right now is the Wycliffite movement in England. I started this a few months ago because I think we preachers should probably use the upcoming 400th anniversary of the King James Bible to talk about its history and the history of English Bible translation in general. At this point, I'm happily stuck in a study of the political, social and economic contours of the life of John Wyclif and his followers, the Lollards. Normally, it's told as a religious tale. It's that and more, and I'm taking a look at the "more" part. So, the writings of Wyclif (in English) and books about the late Middle Ages in England are a special interest. One of the top Wycliffite scholars these days is Anne Hudson, whose work is positively brilliant. Anything by her is on my Christmas wish list. A nice list. Sounds interesting.

A Churches of Christ preacher type, I buy and read stuff in the area of, what else?, biblical studies.

However, a special interest right now is the Wycliffite movement in England. I started this a few months ago because I think we preachers should probably use the upcoming 400th anniversary of the King James Bible to talk about its history and the history of English Bible translation in general. At this point, I’m happily stuck in a study of the political, social and economic contours of the life of John Wyclif and his followers, the Lollards. Normally, it’s told as a religious tale. It’s that and more, and I’m taking a look at the “more” part.

So, the writings of Wyclif (in English) and books about the late Middle Ages in England are a special interest. One of the top Wycliffite scholars these days is Anne Hudson, whose work is positively brilliant. Anything by her is on my Christmas wish list.

]]> Comment on I’ll tell you mine…(a post, with questions, for bibliophiles) by Keith Price http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ill-tell-you-mine-a-post-with-questions-for-bibliophiles/#comment-339 Keith Price Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:38:27 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1245#comment-339 Mac, I have basically bought books that would help me teach courses for our adult Bible classes. Some of those are reference works, commentaries, and topical works. Most are published by the major publishers Eerdmans, Bakers, Zondervan, etc. I have been looking more into works published by ACU Press, Gospel Advocate, College Press, and Chalice Press. Lately, I've been reading some older authors of our movement like Boles, Styrgley, and McGarvey. Keith Price Mac,
I have basically bought books that would help me teach courses for our adult Bible classes. Some of those are reference works, commentaries, and topical works. Most are published by the major publishers Eerdmans, Bakers, Zondervan, etc.

I have been looking more into works published by ACU Press, Gospel Advocate, College Press, and Chalice Press.

Lately, I’ve been reading some older authors of our movement like Boles, Styrgley, and McGarvey.

Keith Price

]]> Comment on The Sinner’s Guide to Hell by Josh J http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/the-sinners-guide-to-hell/#comment-336 Josh J Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:40:35 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1192#comment-336 Mac: I just finished reading the auto/biography of Stone, and your excerpt from M'Gready's book was very enlightening. One thing in Stone's autobiography that made me curious was his spurning recreation because he felt that these things would cause him "to make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience" (p. 15). I thought it a little odd that attending tea parties and other recreational activities would cause a shipwreck of his faith, however, M'Gready mentions in his sermon, "And now, sinner, you must part with all your mirth. Your van jests and merry songs, your entertainments, your balls, frolics and dances, are eternally over. conscience awakes like a giant refreshed with wine, and gnaws like a greedy vulture." Possibly another part of the Presbyterian mindset regarding religion? Josh Mac:

I just finished reading the auto/biography of Stone, and your excerpt from M’Gready’s book was very enlightening.

One thing in Stone’s autobiography that made me curious was his spurning recreation because he felt that these things would cause him “to make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience” (p. 15). I thought it a little odd that attending tea parties and other recreational activities would cause a shipwreck of his faith, however, M’Gready mentions in his sermon, “And now, sinner, you must part with all your mirth. Your van jests and merry songs, your entertainments, your balls, frolics and dances, are eternally over. conscience awakes like a giant refreshed with wine, and gnaws like a greedy vulture.”

Possibly another part of the Presbyterian mindset regarding religion?

Josh

]]> Comment on Oral History Collection to ACU by Carisse http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/oral-history-collection-to-acu/#comment-335 Carisse Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:58:06 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1200#comment-335 Thanks, Mac. Stay tuned for web versions of the Special Collections Reading Room exhibits. Thanks, Mac. Stay tuned for web versions of the Special Collections Reading Room exhibits.

]]> Comment on What Have You? by eirenetheou http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/what-have-you/#comment-334 eirenetheou Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:34:58 +0000 http://mcgarveyice.wordpress.com/?p=1214#comment-334 By the early 1930s Enos Dowling, Alfred Thomas DeGroot, Don Carlos Janes, Frederick Louis Rowe, Charles Crossfield Ware, and possibly several others, including your old friends James Walton Shepherd and Charles Elias Webb Dorris, are systematically searching for this material and collecting everything they can find. Unlike others, Dowling and DeGroot are collecting across the Campbellite spectrum into the twentieth century. The Heritage Room at Christian Theological Seminary and DCHS are beneficiaries of some of their success. i am told that Lipscomb University inherited much of Goodpasture's collection and sold some of it to other private collectors, to the great chagrin of some of his heirs. God's Peace to you. d By the early 1930s Enos Dowling, Alfred Thomas DeGroot, Don Carlos Janes, Frederick Louis Rowe, Charles Crossfield Ware, and possibly several others, including your old friends James Walton Shepherd and Charles Elias Webb Dorris, are systematically searching for this material and collecting everything they can find. Unlike others, Dowling and DeGroot are collecting across the Campbellite spectrum into the twentieth century. The Heritage Room at Christian Theological Seminary and DCHS are beneficiaries of some of their success.

i am told that Lipscomb University inherited much of Goodpasture’s collection and sold some of it to other private collectors, to the great chagrin of some of his heirs.

God’s Peace to you.

d

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