Henry Cadbury Explained
Henry Joel Cadbury (December 1, 1883 - October 7, 1974) was an American biblical scholar, Quaker historian, writer, and non-profit administrator.
Life
A graduate of Haverford College, Cadbury was a Quaker throughout his life, as well as an agnostic.[1] Forced out of his teaching position at Haverford for writing an anti-war letter to the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in 1918, he saw the experience as a milestone, leading him to larger service beyond his Orthodox Religious Society of Friends. He was offered a position in the Divinity School at Harvard University, from which he had received his Ph.D., but he first rejected its teacher's oath for reasons of conscience, the Quaker insistence on telling the truth, and as a form of social activism.
In 1934, Cadbury encouraged Jews to engage Nazis with good will, according to The New York Times, which characterized his stance as, "Good will, not hate or reprisals, will end, or offset, the evils of Hitler government's persecution of Jews."[2] The suggestion was repudiated by the rabbis he made it to, led by Stephen S. Wise.[3]
Cadbury accepted the Hollis Professorship of Divinity (1934–1954). He also was the director of the Harvard Divinity School Library (1938–1954), and chairman (1928–1934; 1944–1960) of the American Friends Service Committee, which he had helped found in 1917. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4] He delivered the Nobel lecture on behalf of the AFSC when it, together with the British Friends Service Council, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends.[5] The prize was shared between the American Friends Service Committee (represented by Cadbury) and the Friends Relief Service (represented by Margaret Backhouse).[6] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1949.[7] He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL. D.) degree from Whittier College in 1951.[8]
Select works
Thesis
- Cadbury . Henry J. . The Style and Literary Method of Luke: Appendix to part III. Some inferences as to the detection of sources . Ph.D. . Cambridge, MA . Harvard University Press . 1919 . 17893716 .
Books
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . National Ideals in the Old Testament . New York . Scribner’s . 1920 . 3672266 .
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The Making of Luke-Acts . New York . MacMillan . 1927 . 2709946 .
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The Peril of Modernizing Jesus . Lowell Institute lectures 1935 . New York . MacMillan . 1937 . 2697178 .
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Jesus: What Manner of Man . Shaffer lectures, 1946 . New York . MacMillan . 1947 . 646147 .
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The Book of Acts in History . Lowell Institute lectures, 1953 . London . A. & C. Black . 1955 . 759775493 .
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Quakerism and Early Christianity . Swarthmore lecture, 1957 . London . George Allen & Unwin . 1957 . 1139773 .
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The Eclipse of the Historical Jesus . Pendle Hill Pamphlet . 133 . Wallingford, P . Pendle Hill Publications . 1964 . 1303599 .
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . John Woolman in England: A Documentary Supplement . Supplement ... to the Journal of the Friends Historical Society . 31 . London . Friends Historical Society . 1971 . 548894 .
Edited by
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . George Fox's Book of Miracles . Cambridge, MA . University Press . 1948 . 867954049 .
- Book: Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Narrative Papers of George Fox . Richmond, IN . Friends United Press . 1972 . 9780913408063 . 481263 .
Journal articles
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The basis of early Christian antimilitarism . . 37 . 1–2 . March–June 1918 . 66–94 . 10.2307/3259147 . 3259147 . 2027/hvd.hwrn93 . free .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The Knowledge Claimed in Luke's Preface . . 24 . 1922 . 401–420 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The relative pronouns in Acts and elsewhere . Journal of Biblical Literature . 42 . 3–4 . 1923 . 150–157 . 10.2307/3259088 . 3259088 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Lexical notes on Luke-Acts. I . Journal of Biblical Literature . 44 . 3–4 . 1925 . 214–227 . 10.2307/3260253 . 3260253 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Lexical notes on Luke-Acts. II, Recent arguments for medical language . Journal of Biblical Literature . 45 . 1–2 . 1926 . 190–209 . 10.2307/3260178 . 3260178 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Lexical notes on Luke-Acts. III, Luke's interest in lodging . Journal of Biblical Literature . 45 . 3–4 . 1926 . 305–322 . 10.2307/3260084 . 3260084 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The odor of the spirit at Pentecost . Journal of Biblical Literature . 47 . 3–4 . 1928 . 237–256 . 10.2307/3259582 . 3259582 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Lexical notes on Luke-Acts. 4, On direct quotation, with some uses of oti and ei . Journal of Biblical Literature . 48 . 3–4 . 1929 . 412–425 . 10.2307/3259738 . 3259738 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Erastus of Corinth . Journal of Biblical Literature . 50 . 2 . 1931 . 42–58 . 10.2307/3259559 . 3259559 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Lexical notes on Luke-Acts. 5, Luke and the horse-doctors . Journal of Biblical Literature . 52 . 1 . 1933 . 55–65 . 10.2307/3259479 . 3259479 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The Macellum of Corinth . Journal of Biblical Literature . 53 . 2 . 1934 . 134–141 . 10.2307/3259880 . 3259880 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Motives of biblical scholarship . Journal of Biblical Literature . 56 . 1 . 1937 . 1–16 . 10.2307/3259625 . 3259625 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . The meaning of John 20:23, Matthew 16:19, and Matthew 18:18 . Journal of Biblical Literature . 58 . 3 . 1939 . 251–254 . 10.2307/3259489 . 3259489 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . A proper name for Dives . Journal of Biblical Literature . 81 . 4 . Dec 1962 . 399–402 . 10.2307/3265096 . 3265096 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Some Lukan expressions of time . Journal of Biblical Literature . 82 . 3 . Sep 1963 . 272–278 . 10.2307/3264629 . 3264629 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Gospel study and our image of early Christianity . Journal of Biblical Literature . 83 . 2 . June 1964 . 139–145 . 10.2307/3264524 . 3264524 .
- Cadbury . Henry J. . 0 . Name for Dives . Journal of Biblical Literature . 84 . 1 . March 1965 . 73 . 10.2307/3264075 . 3264075 .
Further reading
- Bacon, Margaret H., Let This Life Speak: The Legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury. U of Pennsylvania P, 1987. .
- Padilla, Osvaldo. "The Wirkungsgeschichte of Henry Joel Cadbury as an Objective Historian: An Exploration of America’s Premiere Luke–Acts Scholar." Bulletin for Biblical Research 29, no. 4 (2019): 499–510.
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.universalistfriends.org/UF035.html#Cadbury "My Personal Religion"
- News: Urges Good Will By Jews For Nazis. The New York Times. New York City. June 14, 1934. June 29, 2018.
- News: Good Will Barred to Nazis by Rabbis; Wise Leads Wave of Objection to Advice by Cadbury, of Society of Friends. The New York Times. New York City. June 16, 1934. July 10, 2019.
- Web site: Henry Joel Cadbury . 2023-03-02 . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . February 9, 2023 . en.
- Duncan . Lucy . Civility Can Be Dangerous . Friends Journal . August 15, 2018 .
- Web site: The Nobel Peace Prize 1947 . 2023-12-30 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.
- Web site: APS Member History . 2023-03-02 . search.amphilsoc.org.
- Web site: Honorary Degrees Whittier College. www.whittier.edu. 2019-12-06.