Frederic G. Kenyon Quotes

#1. No serious student of the Bible in English can neglect the Revised Version without loss.

Frederic G. Kenyon

#2. The Bible has a human history as well as a divine inspiration. It is a history full of interest, and it is one which all those who value their Bible should know, at least in outline, if only that they may be able to meet the criticisms of sceptics and the ignorant.

Frederic G. Kenyon

#3. It is from the graves and ruins and rubbish-heaps of Egypt that writings have been restored to us in great numbers.

Frederic G. Kenyon

#4. Throughout, the work of Tyndale formed the foundation, and more than anyone else he established the rhythms and furnished much of the language which is familiar to us in the Authorised Version.

Frederic G. Kenyon

#5. The publication of the Revised New Testament by the two University Presses on May 17, 1881, was the most sensational in the annals of publishing.

Frederic G. Kenyon

#6. The history of the Bible text is a romance of literature, though it is a romance of which the consequences are of vital import; and thanks to the succession of discoveries which have been made of late years, we know more about it than of the history of any other ancient book in the world.

Frederic G. Kenyon

#7. The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author.

Frederic G. Kenyon

#8. The apostles were scattered, and even the leaders of the Church in Jerusalem had neither the power nor the means to impose uniformity.In these circumstances, we must imagine the literature of Christianity as spreading gradually, irregularly, and in a manner which variations inevitable.

Frederic G. Kenyon