Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Jr.

Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Jr., A.B., D.D. (1855–1937) was an American theologian.

Jacobus was born at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, the son of pastor Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Sr. He graduated at Princeton University in 1877, and studied in Europe at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin from 1881 to 1884. The degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) was conferred on him by Lafayette College (1892) and by Yale University (1910). He held numerous positions in the field of religion, including pastor at Oxford, Pennsylvania (1884-1891). He served at Hartford Theological Seminary, Princeton Seminary, and Mount Holyoke College.

He was chairman of the editorial board of the Standard Bible Dictionary (1909), edited an English translation of Zahn's New Testament Introduction (1909), and prepared a Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, for The Bible for Home and School Series (1914). He was a contributing editor–in–charge of New Testament-related articles that are a part of the New International Encyclopedia.

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