Tyndale Bulletin article Jan 1945
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Tyndale Bulletin January 1945
TYNDALE HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE
(16, Selwyn Gardens)
Tyndale House has been established by the Inter-Varsity Fellowship Trust as a Residential Library and Research Centre devoted to the highest and most permanent interests of Biblical scholarship. The control of the Centre is in the hands of the Biblical Research Committee, which was inaugurated in 1938 for the promotion of such scholarship in a spirit of loyalty to the historic Christian faith, and by which has since then sought to serve this end by such varied means as publications, Summer Schools, Conferences, and lectures—in particular, the two annual Tyndale Lectures in Old and New Testament subjects respectively. The present Chairman of the Committee is F. F. Bruce, M.A., Dip.Heb., Lecturer in Greek and Examiner in Biblical Studies in the University of Leeds.
Situated in beautiful grounds quite close to the “Backs,” Tyndale House is within easy reach of the Colleges and the University Library. It already contains the nucleus of a Research Library in Theology and this is steadily growing. Residential facilities in the House are offered at a weekly fee of £2 10s., reduced to £2 5s. for members of the Tyndale Fellowship, a society open to those who have at heart the accurate study of the Old and New Testaments and the revival of Biblical Theology. While no tests are imposed on prospective residents, and the research carried on in the House is necessarily unfettered (as all research worthy of the name must be), it will be understood that in view of the Evangelical character of the foundation the facilities of the House should not be used for purposes plainly at variance with the Evangelical faith of the historic Creeds and the Reformed Confessions.
Intending residents are asked to procure and fill up a card of application, indicating the nature of the study they propose to pursue while staying at Tyndale House. Quarterly Library tickets (at a charge of 10s. a quarter) will be issued to those who, while not residing in the House, wish to use the Library during the day. No charge is made for undergraduates and students at the theological colleges at Cambridge.
It is intended that Tyndale House should serve as a centre of fellowship in the cause of Evangelical Biblical scholarship. It will be the meeting-place for Summer Schools and Conferences arranged by the Biblical Research Committee and the Tyndale Fellowship. Accommodation is offered for about ten resident students at Tyndale House itself; at Conferences and Summer Schools others will be accommodated elsewhere in Cambridge.
For further information (including the Library Regulations) please apply to the Tyndale Librarian, the Rev. L. E. H. Stephens-Hodge, M.A. (Secretary of the Biblical Research Committee), Tyndale House, 16 Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge.
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Later numbers of the Tyndale Bulletin will include information about the books in the Tyndale Library, and also the constitution of the Tyndale Fellowship.
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A conference arranged by the Biblical Research Committee was held in Tyndale House from January 2 to 5, 1945. The subject of the Conference was the Interpretation of Scripture, to which important contributions were made by the Revs. R. F. Hettlinger, J. Stafford Wright, and Professor G. T. Thomson. Some of these contributions are expected to appear in print in due course. Attention will be drawn to their appearance in this Bulletin.
The Conference also heard the Tyndale O.T. Lecture on “The Church in the Old Testament,” by Professor N. W. Porteous, and the Tyndale N.T. Lecture on “Words Worth Weighing in the Greek New Testament,” by Mr. E. K. Simpson. Members also had the opportunity of attending papers on “The Church and Civilisation,” by the Rev. D. R. Davies, and “Theology and the Work of the Ministry,” by the Rev. Gilbert W. Kirby. They were also present at the official opening of Tyndale House on the afternoon of Wednesday, 3rd January. The House was dedicated to the service of God by the Rev. Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. The Revs. G. T. Manley and Prof. G. T. Thomson took part in the service, and a brief account of the purpose of the House was given by the Chairman of the Biblical Research Committee.
THEOLOGICAL SUMMER SCHOOL.
It has been arranged to hold a Summer School in Tyndale House from Monday, 27th August, to Saturday, 8th September, 1945. The usual courses in O.T. Hebrew and N.T. Greek will be given; and special subjects have been chosen for the two weeks of the School. For the first week the subject under consideration will be “The Gospel according to St. John”; and for the second week, “The Biblical Doctrine of the Church.” The linguistic courses will be concerned with passages of Scripture relevant to these subjects.
Further details will be given in the next issue of this Bulletin.
The inclusive cost of board and lodging will be £4 for the full time (12 days) or £1 15s. for one week (5 days, viz., August 27th—September 1, or September 3—8). It will help the Committee in making final arrangements if individuals who hope to come will at once write to the Tyndale Librarian to say between what dates they hope to be present, and in what subjects they are more particularly interested.
TYNDALE LECTURERS FOR 1945.
The Tyndale O.T. Lecture for 1945 will be given during the Christmas Vacation, 1945-6, by Professor D. Winton Thomas, Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge. The Tyndale N.T. Lecture for 1945 will be given about the same time by the Rev. Professor Francis Davidson, D.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism in the Divinity Hall of the United Original Secession Church of Scotland, and Principal of the Bible Training Institute, Glasgow. Further information about titles and dates of these lectures will be given in due course.
THE EVANGELICAL LIBRARY.
The Tyndale Library is residential, and therefore lending facilities cannot be granted by it on any consideration. We should like, however, to draw the attention of readers to the existence of a valuable theological collection know as “The Evangelical Library,” from which books may be borrowed (by post or otherwise) for a minimum annual subscription of 7s. 6d. This Library is warmly recommended by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Dr. Basil Atkinson, as well as by many others. Full information about it may be had from the Librarian, Geoffrey Williams, Esq., 55, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, London, S.W.7.