{"id":3242,"date":"2021-07-08T05:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T10:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=3242"},"modified":"2021-07-08T13:50:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T18:50:42","slug":"be-on-the-lookout-henry-halleys-bible-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2021\/07\/08\/be-on-the-lookout-henry-halleys-bible-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Be on the lookout: Henry Halley’s Bible Handbook – Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Back in February 2020 I (Mac) blogged about Henry Halley’s little Bible handbook.\u00a0 Since then we received a few copies and I have edited this post to reflect our current holdings.\u00a0 If you have a copy you would like to donate, please contact me.\u00a0 We need a nice full shelf of these handbooks.]<\/p>\n

Our goal is to build a comprehensive research-level collection that can support a very wide array of research needs in Restoration history and thought.\u00a0 To that end we aim for fullness in our collections.\u00a0 And that means we are always on the lookout to fill gaps in the collection.\u00a0 And that means we are always looking for partners who value this mission.\u00a0 Many donors over many years built a fine collection.\u00a0 As we look to further enrich it, we can only do so through the kindness and generosity of partners and who donate materials, ensuring their long-term preservation and availability for research.<\/p>\n

One scholar from our past, Henry Halley, had a far-reaching impact on evangelical Bible students through the many editions of his simple Pocket Bible Hand Book.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Halley studied at College of the Bible in Lexington, Kentucky under John William McGarvey and Isaiah Boone Grubbs.\u00a0 Upon graduation he began a career of preaching and teaching.\u00a0 His Bible teaching often took the form of intensive seminars in which the Bible was read, studied, and memorized.\u00a0 Halley’s first edition of his\u00a0Bible Hand Book<\/em> consisted of the notes, comments, and supporting material he used in these Bible readings.\u00a0 Over time he adapted and expanded his work, always with an eye toward making the content of the English Bible more accessible to any who wished to study it.<\/p>\n

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Halley’s Bible Handbook, New Revised Edition, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n

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Biography of Henry Halley, from the dust jacket of Halley’s Bible Handbook, New Revised Edition, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n

We have editions from:<\/p>\n

1946 – 17th edition<\/div>\n
1951<\/div>\n
1954 – 19th edition<\/div>\n
1955 – 20th and a Spanish language edition from 1955<\/div>\n
1957 – 21st edition<\/div>\n
1959 – 22nd edition<\/div>\n
1962 – 23rd edition<\/div>\n
1963 – 23rd edition<\/div>\n
1965 – 24th edition<\/div>\n
1969<\/div>\n

By 1980 it reached its 24th edition (and that edition by 1980 reached its 38th printing).\u00a0 The first edition was a 16-page booklet, and later editions filled out nearly 1000 pages.\u00a0 This is an astounding publishing record, and we think our collection should more adequately represent the breadth of Halley’s work.\u00a0 We especially seek early volumes, and the Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, and Greek translations.<\/p>\n

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Description of Halley’s Bible Handbook, back cover of the New Revised Edition, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n

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Title Page, Halley’s Bible Handbook, New Revised Edition, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n

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Foreword, Halley’s Bible Handbook, New Revised Edition, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n

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Foreword, Halley’s Bible Handbook, New Revised Edition, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n

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Printing History, Halley’s Bible Handbook, New Revised Edition, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n

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Printing History, Halley’s Bible Handbook, New Revised Edition, 1965<\/p><\/div>\n

Can you help fill in these gaps?\u00a0 Do you have a copy of one of these many editions we lack, and would you send it to us for the benefit of students and researchers?\u00a0 Let\u2019s partner together to build a comprehensive research-level collection.\u00a0 Contact Mac Ice at mac.ice@acu.edu or 325-674-2144.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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