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J. G. Broughton Pegg
Best known for a compact but ambitious 19th-century theological work, this little-known writer argued that many biblical prophecies had been misunderstood. His surviving reputation rests mainly on a single book that takes on big questions about scripture, the earth, and the end of the age.
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About the author
J. G. Broughton Pegg is known chiefly for The New Eschatology, a theological work first published in Philadelphia in 1872, with the title page also noting an 1871 copyright. In it, he argues against literal readings of biblical passages about the destruction of the world and presses readers to distinguish between the letter and the spirit of scripture.
Reliable biographical details about Pegg himself are scarce in the sources I could confirm. Modern catalog and bookseller records consistently connect his name with The New Eschatology, and Project Gutenberg describes the book as a late-19th-century philosophical or theological treatise focused on scriptural interpretation and end-times belief.
That relative obscurity is part of what makes Pegg interesting today: he appears less as a widely documented public figure and more as a writer remembered through one challenging, idea-driven book. For listeners drawn to forgotten religious debates and unusual interpretations of prophecy, his work offers a glimpse into a serious and independent-minded strand of 19th-century thought.