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Marvin R. Vincent
1834–1922
Best known for the classic Word Studies in the New Testament, this Presbyterian minister and teacher wrote for readers who wanted the Bible’s Greek language to feel clearer and more alive. His work has stayed useful far beyond his own era.
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Amusement: A Force in Christian Training
by Marvin R. Vincent
About the author
Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1834, Marvin Richardson Vincent was an American Presbyterian minister, educator, and biblical scholar. He studied at Columbia and moved through a career that included teaching, pastoral ministry, and seminary scholarship.
Vincent is remembered above all for Word Studies in the New Testament, a detailed and readable work that helped generations of English-speaking readers explore the meaning of the New Testament in Greek. He also served on the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he taught New Testament exegesis and criticism.
He died in Forest Hills, New York, in 1922. Although much of his writing belongs to the world of nineteenth-century Protestant scholarship, his best-known work continues to be read by pastors, students, and interested general readers.