Asahel C. Kendrick

Asahel Clark Kendrick (born December 1, 1809 in Poultney , Vermont , † October 21, 1895 in Rochester , New York ) was an American classical philologist and author. He taught as a professor at the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (1831-1850) and at the University of Rochester (1850-1888).

Life

Asahel C. Kendrick, the son of Baptist preacher Clark Kendrick and his wife Esther Thompson Kendrick, studied philology and theology at Hamilton College , where he received his bachelor's degree (A. B.) in 1831 . He then taught as a professor of ancient and modern foreign languages ​​at the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution . In 1850 he left the institution and went with other like-minded lecturers and students to Rochester, where he worked as Professor of Greek Language and Literature and Head of the Department of Classical Philology at the newly formed University of Rochester . In 1852 he traveled to Greece and studied for a few months at theUniversity of Athens .

At the University of Rochester, Kendrick spent all of his other career. He represented the President of the University in 1863 and 1877/78 and the Chair of Bible Studies and New Testament from 1865 to 1868 and 1875 to 1877. In 1866 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Although his main task was teaching Greek, Kendrick represented a variety of disciplines in research and teaching. He also excelled as a science organizer, for example as President of the American Philological Association in 1872/73 and as a member of a commission for the revision of the American New Testament from 1872 to 1880.

It was only at the age of 78 (1888) that Kendrick resigned from teaching. However, he retained the chairmanship of the Department of Classical Philology until his death.

Scientific work

Kendrick has stood out primarily as a textbook writer and commentator on the New Testament . He published an Introduction to the Greek Language in 1841 and a Greek textbook for children in 1847. In addition, he published collections of texts by German and Greek writers for academic teaching and self-study.

His most important contribution to the study of the New Testament was the translation of Hermann Olshausen's fundamental work Biblical Commentary on all writings of the New Testament , which appeared in six volumes from 1856 to 1858.

Kendrick was also known as a keynote speaker and spiritual writer. A selection of his essays appeared in 1894 under the title The Moral Conflict of Humanity and Other Papers .

Fonts (selection)

• An Introduction to the Greek Language . Utica / New York 1841
• The Child's Book in Greek . Hamilton / New York 1847
• Echoes, or Leisure Hours with the German Poets . Rochester / New York 1855
• Biblical Commentary on the New Testament . 6 volumes, New York 1856-1858
• The Life and Letters of Mrs. Emily C. Judson . New York / Boston 1860
• Our Poetical Favorites . 3 volumes, New York 1871–1881
• The First Four Books of the Anabasis of Xenophon . New York 1873
• The Moral Conflict of Humanity and Other Papers . Philadelphia 1894
• Martin B. Anderson . Philadelphia 1895

literature

• Meyer Reinhold : Kendrick, Asahel Clark . In: Ward W. Briggs (Ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists . Westport, CT / London: Greenwood Press 1994, ISBN 978-0-313-24560-2 , pp. 321f.

Web links

• Entry on Asahel C. Kendrick in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)