Translations of Lightfoot’s Writings
Published Works by Lightfoot in Chronological Sequence
Compiled by Benjamin J. Snyder
Abbreviations
BE
Biblical Essays
BL
Bishop Lightfoot
CS
Cambridge Sermons
CUL
Cambridge University Library
DAA
Dissertations on the Apostolic Age
EWSR
Essays on the Work Entitled Supernatural Religion
HE
Historical Essays
LNC
Leaders of the Northern Church
OFR
On a Fresh Revision of the English New Testament
SSO
Sermons Preached on Special Occasions
TCC
Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge
“Hyperides.” Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 1 (1854): 109-24.
Review of P. Schaff, History of the Apostolic Church, with a General Introduction to Church History. Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 2 (1855): 119-20.
Review of E. Falkener, A Description of Some Important Theatres and Other Remains in Crete. Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 2 (1855): 120.
“The Mission of Titus to the Corinthians.” Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 2 (1855): 194-205. [= BE 271-84]
Review of C. O. Müller, Denkmaler der Alten Kunst, Nach der Auswahl und Anordnung. Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 2 (1855): 240-41.
Review of W. Webster and W. F. Wilkinson, The Greek Testament, with Notes Grammatical and Exegetical. Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 2 (1855): 360-61.
Review of American Bible Union, The Second Epistle of Peter, the Epistles of John and Judas, and the Revelation: Translated from the Greek, on the Basis of the Common English Version, with Notes. Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 2 (1855): 361-63.
Review of W. Blew, Agamemnon the King: A Tragedy from the Greek of Aeschylus. Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 2 (1855): 363-64.
“Recent Editions of St Paul’s Epistles.” Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 3 (1856): 81-121.
Review of F. A. Paley, The Tragedies of Aeschylus. Re-edited with an English Commentary. Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 3 (1856): 238.
“On the Style and Character of the Epistle to the Galatians.” Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 3 (1856): 289-327.
“They That Are of Caesar’s Household.” Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 4 (1857): 57-79.
Review of W. J. Conybeare and J. S. Howson, The Life and Epistles of St Paul. Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 4 (1857): 107-9.
On the Celibacy Question. Privately printed, October 26, 1857.
“Notes on Some Corrupt and Obscure Passages in the Helena of Euripides.” Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 4 (1858): 153-86.
Two flysheets on the Minor Scholarships proposed to be created at Trinity College. Privately printed, March 17 and 31, 1859 [copies in College Notices, vol. 1, TCC].
“On the Long Walls at Athens.” Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 4 (1859): 294-302.
On the Report of the Syndicate Appointed to Regulate the Examinations of Students Not Members of the University. Privately printed, March 6, 1860.
“I have just received Mr Roberts’ second paper, and I hasten to reply to it . . .” Privately printed, March 8, 1860. [copy among the Cambridge University Papers ET 61, CUL]
Christian Progress. A Sermon Preached in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, at the Commemoration of Benefactors, December 15, 1860. London: Macmillan, 1861.
The Increasing Purpose of God. A Sermon, Preached in the Church of St Olave, Hart Street. On Trinity Monday, May 27, 1861, Before the Corporation of Trinity House. London: Rivingtons, 1861.
“Romans, The Epistle to the,” “Thessalonians, First Epistle to the,” and “Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the.” In A Dictionary of the Bible, ed. W. Smith, 3:1053-58, 1477-81, 1481-84. London: John Murray, 1863.
St Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians. A Revised Text with Introduction, Notes, and Dissertations. London: Macmillan, 1865.
“The New Professorship.” Privately printed, February 6, 1866.
In Memory of William Whewell. A Sermon Preached in the College Chapel on Sunday, March 18, 1866. London: Macmillan, 1866.
The Mustard Seed and the Leaven. A Sermon Preached on Tuesday, September 18, at St. Paul’s Church, Bedford, on Behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. London: Macmillan, 1866.
“Papias of Hierapolis.” Contemporary Review 5 (1867): 397-417.
“Caius or Hippolytus?” Journal of Philology 1 (1868): 98-112.
“Two Neglected Facts Bearing on the Ignatian Controversy.” Journal of Philology 1 (1868): 47-55.
St Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians. A Revised Text with Introduction, Notes and Dissertations. London: Macmillan, 1868.
Review of J. Bleek, An Introduction to the Old Testament. Cambridge University Gazette 23 (1869): 184-85.
S. Clement of Rome. London: Macmillan, 1869.
“Heading of the Paris MS of the Ignatian Epistle to the Romans.” Journal of Philology 2 (1869): 157.
“M. Renan On the Epistle to the Romans.” Journal of Philology 2 (1869): 264-95. [= BE 287-320]
Review of E. Renan, Saint-Paul. Academy 1 (1869): 10-11, 37-38.
Untitled fly-sheet on “the Report of the Great St Mary’s Pulpit Syndicate.” February 14, 1871. [copy among the Cambridge University Papers FA 8592, CUL]
“The Evidences of Christianity in Relation to the Current Forms of Scepticism.” Report of the Church Congress (1871): 76-84.
“The Epistle to the Romans.” Journal of Philology 3 (1871): 193-214. [= BE 352-74]
On a Fresh Revision of the English New Testament. London: Macmillan, 1871, 1891.
Letter to the editor. Guardian, April 10, 1872.
“Professor Lightfoot on Divinity Degrees.” Guardian, May 22, 1872.
Review of J. G. Müller, Erklärung des Barnabasbriefes. Academy 3 (1872): 206-7.
Letter to the editor. Guardian, October 9, 1872.
Strength Made Perfect in Weakness. A Sermon Preached in St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday, December 22, 1872, at the Bishop of London’s Ordination. London: Macmillan, 1873.
ΠΑΝΤΑ ὙΜΟΝ: A Sermon Before the University Church Society. Cambridge: privately printed, n.d. [1873]. [= SSO 1-20]
Except It Die. A Sermon Preached in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, on Sexagesima Sunday, February 16, 1873. London: Macmillan, 1873. [= CS 63-79]
Letter to the editor. Times, May 23, 1873.
“The Drama.” In “The Use and Abuse of the World.” Six Sermons Preached . . . in the Church of St James’s, Piccadilly, ed. J. E. Kempe. London: SPCK, 1873. Reprinted as The Drama. London: SPCK, 1898. [= SSO 21-37]
Review of H. J. Holtzmann, Kritik der Epheser- und Kolosserbriefe auf Grund einer Analyse ihres Verwandtschaftsverhältnisses. Academy 4 (August 1, 1873): 287-89.
“The Present Need and the Best Means of Quickening Interest in Theological Thought.” Report of the Church Congress (1873): 227-33.
The Three Temples. An Address Delivered in the Temporary Church of S. Luke’s, New Chesterton, Cambridge, on S. Luke’s Day, October 18th, 1873, . . . On the Occasion of Setting the Memorial Stone of the First Portion of a Permanent Church for S. Luke’s District by the Bishop of the Diocese. Cambridge: privately printed, 1873.
Cynaphloyntec: An Address to the University Church Society. Edited by Brooke F. Westcott and J. B. Lightfoot. Cambridge: C. J. Clay, 1873.
Comparative Progress of Ancient and Modern Missions. A Paper Read at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, April 29, 1873. London: Clay, 1874. [= HE 71-92]
“The Egyptian and Coptic Versions.” In A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the NT, edited by Fredrick H. Scrivener, 319-57. Cambridge, 1874.
“Supernatural Religion. (First Article).” Contemporary Review 25 (1874): 1-22. [= EWSR 1-31]
“Supernatural Religion (No. II): The Silence of Eusebius.” Contemporary Review 25 (1875): 169-88. [= EWSR 32-58]
“Supernatural Religion (No. III): The Ignatian Epistles.” Contemporary Review 25 (1875): 337-59. [= EWSR 59-88]
“Supernatural Religion (No. IV): Polycarp of Smyrna.” Contemporary Review 25 (1875): 827-66. [= EWSR 89-141]
“Supernatural Religion (No. V): Papias of Hierapolis.” Contemporary Review 26 (1875): 377-403. [= EWSR 142-77]
“Supernatural Religion (No. VI): Papias of Hierapolis.” Contemporary Review 26 (1875): 828-56. [= EWSR 178-216]
Editor of H. L. Mansel, The Gnostic Heresies of the First and Second Centuries. London: John Murray, 1875.
Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians and Philemon. A Revised Text, with Introductions, Notes, and Dissertations. London: Macmillan, 1875.
“Supernatural Religion (No. VII): The Later School of St John.” Contemporary Review 27 (1876): 471-96. [= EWSR 217-50]
“The New MS of Clement of Rome.” Academy 9 (1876): 486.
Review of Patrum Apostolicorum Opera. Recensuerunt Oscar de Gebhardt, Adolfus Harnack, Theodorus Zahn. Academy 10 (1876): 113-14.
“Supernatural Religion (No. VIII): The Churches of Gaul.” Contemporary Review 28 (1876): 405-20. [= EWSR 251-71]
The Father of Missionaries. A Sermon Preached on S. Andrew’s Day, 1876, Before the Members of the University, in S. Michael’s Church, Cambridge. Cambridge: C. J. Clay, 1877. [= SSO 38-54]
On the Proposed Grace for Abolishing Compulsory Attendance at Professors’ Lectures. Cambridge University Press, 1877.
S. Clement of Rome, an Appendix Containing the Newly Recovered Portions with Introductions, Notes, and Translations. London: Macmillan, 1877.
All Things to All Men. A Sermon Preached in St Paul’s Cathedral on St Mark’s Day, at the Consecration of the First Bishop of Truro. London: Macmillan, 1877. [= SSO 55-70]
“Supernatural Religion (No. IX): Tatian’s Diatessaron.” Contemporary Review 29 (1877): 1132-43. [= EWSR 272-88]
Letter to the editor. Guardian, July 4, 1877.
“Donne the Poet-Preacher.” In The Classic Preachers of the English Church. Lectures Delivered at St James’ Church in 1877, series 1, edited by J. E. Kempe, 1-26. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1877. [= HE 221-45]
Articles on Abibas, Ablabius, Aburgius, Acacius (x 4), Achillas, Agapetus (x 2), Alypius, Amphilochius, Anastasius (x 4), Anthimus, Antipater, Antonius, Apion, Apostolic Fathers, Arabianus, Archelaus, Arinthaeus, Asclepiades, Asterius, Atarbius, and Athanasius (bishop of Ancyra); and Eusebius of Caesarea. In A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects, and Doctrines, edited by W. Smith and H. Wace, 1:7, 11-12, 14-17, 58, 88, 103-8, 110, 119, 122, 125, 128-30, 147-49, 151, 153, 159, 175, 178-79, 203-4; 2:308-48. London: John Murray, 1877–1887.
“Illustrations of the Acts from Recent Discoveries.” Contemporary Review 32 (1878): 288-96. [= EWSR 291-302]
Address on the Distribution of Scholarships and Prizes of the Liverpool Council of Education in the Concert Room, St George’s Hall, Liverpool, January 16, 1879. London: William Tegg, 1879.
Bought with a Price. Cambridge: Macmillan, 1879. [= CS 283-99]
“The Bishop of Durham and the ‘Quicumque.’” Guardian, August 27, 1879, 1216.
“The Colossian Heresy (1879).” in Conflict at Colossae: A Problem in the Interpretation of Early Christianity Illustrated by Selected Modern Studies, edited by Fred O. Francis and Wayne A. Meeks, 13-59. Atlanta: SBL, 1975.
“Bishop Lightfoot on Temperance.” Church of England Temperance Chronicle, March 20, 1880.
Inaugural Address. Delivered at the Co-operative Congress, Held at Newcastle-On-Tyne, May 17th, 1880. Manchester: The Central Co-operative Board, 1880.
The Unity of the Church. A Paper Read at the Leicester Church Congress, September 29, 1880. Durham: Andrews, 1880.
“The Last Petition of the Lord’s Prayer.” Guardian, September 7, 14, and 21, 1881. [= OFR 269-323]
“Inaugural Address.” Report of the Church Congress (1881): 12-19.
The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Durham, Rev. Canon Ellison, and Mark Knowles . . . on Church Temperance Work, with Speech of the Rev. E. H. Perowne, D.D., Vice Chancellor, Chairman at an University Meeting at Cambridge, 22 October, 1881. London: Church of England Temperance Publication Depot, n.d.
“The Cambridge Mission to Delhi.” Reprinted from The Cambridge Review, November 23, 1881. [copy in Cambridge University Papers MD5, CUL]
“Living Oracles.” A Sermon Preached in St Paul’s Cathedral at the Anniversary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham, Vice President of the Society, on Tuesday, May 2, 1882. London: The Bible House, 1882.
“Many Members and One Body.” A Sermon Preached Before the Representative Council of the Scottish Episcopal Church . . . on Tuesday, October 10, 1882. Edinburgh: R. Grant & Son, 1882. [= SSO 174-90]
Primary Charge. Two Addresses Delivered to the Clergy of Durham in December 1882. London: Macmillan, 1884.
An Address to Friends of the White Cross Movement, Delivered in St Mary’s Church, Gateshead, May 20, 1883. White Cross series. London: Hatchards, 1884.
An Address to Members of the White Cross Army. Delivered at the Lightfoot Institute, March 20th, 1884. White Cross series. London: Hatchards, 1885.
An Address Delivered to the Durham Junior Clerical Society by the Bishop (S. Michael and All Angels, 1884). Cambridge, privately printed, n.d.
“Results of Recent Historical and Topographical Research upon the Old and New Testament Scriptures.” Report of the Church Congress (1884): 227-32.
“What Disestablishment Would Involve: A Warning.” Address of the Lord Bishop of Durham at the Annual Meeting of the Church Defence Institution, Held on June 19, 1885. London: Printed for the Church Defence Institution, 1885.
“The White Cross.” Contemporary Review 48 (1885): 262-68.
Durham Diocesan Church Conference. Manifesto on Disestablishment. Inaugural Address by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid, 1885.
The Apostolic Fathers, Part 2: S. Ignatius. S. Polycarp. Revised Texts with Introductions, Notes, Dissertations, and Translations. 3 vols. London: Macmillan, 1885–1889.
“Paul and Festus—A Contrast.” In Expository Sermons in the New Testament, 139-42. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1885.
“The Vision of God.” In The Anglican Pulpit of Today, 27-34. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1886.
The Bishop of Durham on the Sunday Closing Bill. Speech in the House of Lords, May 11, 1886. Sunday Closing Tracts. New series 17, n.d.
Bishop Auckland, to W. A. Knight. July 12, 1886.
“Inaugural Address.” Journal of the British Archaeological Association 43 (1887): 1-12.
Lay Evangelists, an Address Delivered by the Bishop of Durham, on Friday, October 22nd, 1886, in Bishopwearmouth Parish Church, When Seven Persons Were Set Apart for This Office. Sunderland, 1887.
A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Durham, November 25, 1886. London: Macmillan, 1887.
“The Earliest Papal Catalogue.” Academy 785 (1887): 362-63.
The Sermon by the Lord Bishop of Durham, Preached Before the Church Congress, in the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Wolverhampton, on Monday, October 3rd, 1887. London: SPCK, 1887. [= SSO 248-64]
“The Bishop’s Inaugural Address.” Durham Diocesan Gazette 1 (1887): 2-10.
The Threefold Ministry. (From the Writings of the Bishop of Durham). Privately printed, 1888. [= DAA 241-46 & BL 129-39]
An Address, on the Reopening of the Chapel, Auckland Castle, August 1, 1888, by the Bishop of Durham. Bishop Auckland: Cummins, n.d. [= LNC 139-57]
“The Bishop of Durham, Writing to His Diocesan Conference from Bournemouth Yesterday Week.” Guardian, February 27, 1889.
“The Lost Catalogue of Hegesippus.” Academy 785 (1889): 363-63.
“The Muratorian Fragment.” Academy 907 (1889): 186-88.
Essays on the Work Entitled Supernatural Religion. London: Macmillan, 1889, 1893.
The Apostolic Fathers, Part 1. S. Clement of Rome. A Revised Text, with Introductions, Notes, Dissertations, and Translations. 2 vols. London: Macmillan, 1890.
Cambridge Sermons. London: Macmillan, 1890.
“Internal Evidence for the Authenticity and Genuineness of St John’s Gospel.” The Expositor fourth series 1 (1890): 1-21, 81-92, 176-88 [= BE, 1-44]. Reprinted in Ezra Abbot, Andrew P. Peabody and Joseph Barber Lightfoot, The Fourth Gospel, Evidences External and Internal of Its Johannean Authorship; Essays by Ezra Abbot, Andrew P. Peaboy and Bishop Lightfoot. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1891.
Leaders of the Northern Church. London: Macmillan, 1890, 1891, 1899, 1907.
Ordination Addresses and Counsels to Clergy. London: Macmillan, 1890.
Sermons. Contemporary Pulpit Library. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1890.
The Apostolic Fathers, Abridged. Revised Texts with Short Introductions and English Translations. Edited and completed by J. R. Harmer. London: Macmillan, 1891.
Sermons Preached in St Paul’s Cathedral. London: Macmillan, 1891.
Sermons Preached on Special Occasions. London: Macmillan, 1891.
Dissertations on the Apostolic Age. Reprinted from Editions of St Paul’s Epistles. London: Macmillan, 1892.
“Acts of the Apostles.” In A Dictionary of the Bible, edited by W. Smith and J. M. Fuller, 24-43. 2nd ed. London: John Murray, 1893.
Biblical Essays. London: Macmillan, 1893.
The Apostolic Fathers Comprising: The Epistles (Genuine and Spurious) of Clement of Rome, the Epistles of S. Iognatius, the Epistle of S. Polycarp, the Martyrdom of S. Polycarp, the Teaching of the Apostles, the Epistle of Barnabas, the Shepherd of Hermas, the Epistle to Diognetus, the Fragments of Papias, the Reliques of the Elders Preserved in Irenaeus. London: Macmillan, 1893. Coauthored with J. R. Harmer.
Notes on the Epistles of St Paul from Unpublished Commentaries. Edited with an introductory note by J. R. Harmer. London: Macmillan, 1895.
Historical Essays. London: Macmillan, 1895. By Joseph Barber Lightfoot, J. R. Harmer, and Alfred Plummer.
Later Editions of Lightfoot’s Writings
*Lightfoot, J. B., M. R. James, Henry Barclay Swete and J. Armitage Robinson. Excluded Books of the New Testament. E. Nash & Grayson, 1927.
Biblical Essays. With an introduction by P. E. Hughes. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1979.
The Christian Ministry. Edited with an introduction by P. E. Hughes. Wilton, CT: Morehouse-Barlow, 1983.
Treloar, G. R., and B. N. Kaye. “J. B. Lightfoot on Strauss and Christian Origins: An Unpublished Manuscript.” Durham University Journal 79 (1987): 165-200.
Kaye, B. N., and G. R. Treloar. “J. B. Lightfoot and New Testament Interpretation: An Unpublished Manuscript of 1855.” Durham University Journal 82 (1990): 161-75.
The Apostolic Fathers. Translated by J. B. Lightfoot and J. R. Harmer. Edited by M. W. Holmes. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1990.
Translations of Lightfoot’s Writings
Analysis of Certain of St. Paul’s Epistles. Reprinted from Bishop Lightfoot’s Commentaries. London, 1906.
Balslev, V., J. S. Fibiger Jørgensen, H. Hagerup and J. B. Lightfoot. Apostlen Paulus Breve til Menighederne i Galatien, Filippi, Kolossæ og Filemon. København: Karl Schønberg, 1884–1888. [Danish]
Chen, Xizeng, C. J. Ellicott, J. B. Lightfoot and Qun Jiang. Feilimen Shu Mian Mian Guan. Taibei shi: Huo dao chu ban she, 2005. [陳希曾埃特科特, and J. B Lightfoot. 腓利門書面面觀. 臺北市: 活道, 2005.]
Correspondence of J.B. Lightfoot, 1862–1897.
Die Didaché : Die Onderwysing van Die Twaalf Apostles : In Afrikaans Vertaal Uit Die Hersiene Griekse Teks van J.B. Lightfoot, Met Kantaantekenige En ’N Kerkhistoriese Verkenning van Die Belang En. 1ste uitg. Kaapstad: N. G. Kerk, 1980.
Kirisuto Kyōkai Kyōshokuron. Tōkyō: Kyōbunkan, 1899.
Los Padres Apostólicos. Barcelona: CLIE, 1990.
Soksado Kyobudŭl [속사도 교부들]. Ch’op’an. Sŏul-si: Taehan Kidokkyo Sŏhoe, 1994.