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Israel Holly
Israel Holly was a nineteenth-century American theologian and biblical scholar whose work engaged with the interpretive traditions surrounding Old Testament typology and its application to New Testament doctrine. His treatise The New Testament Interpretation of the Old, Relative to Infant Baptism exemplifies the hermeneutical debates of his era, particularly the contested relationship between scriptural exegesis and ecclesiastical practice regarding infant baptism. Holly's scholarly contributions reflect the broader nineteenth-century Protestant engagement with biblical hermeneutics and the theological foundations of sacramental theology.
From The New Testament Interpretation of the Old, Relative to Infant Baptism
Mr. BACKUS, Sir, I TRUST I may say truly, without nauseous sawning, or criminal flattery, by a little acquaintance with your person, and more with your writings, that I look upon it that you are favoured with some excellent endowments of mind, with a good and rare rasent, especially in writing; and that for the most part your pen has been employed in the cause of truth—Yet however, I observe some things in your writings which brings an ancient but true observation to my mind, viz. That the best of men, are but men at the best.—Therefore, sir, take it not ill if I point you to one or two of those spots with my pen, since I can assure you I do not write with a cesire or disposition to contradict, much less to disgust you or any of your baptist brethren, tho' I know not but this may…
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Galatians 3:173×
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