Scott, W. A. The Giant Judge: or The Story of Samson, the Hebrew Hercules. San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co., Printers and Publishers, 1858. First Edition. [10706]
Fourteen engravings designed by C. Nahl and engraved by H. Eastman; 8 are full page plates, 6 are text illustrations. Faded cloth, worn at the edges, gilt to spine dull, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches, tight. 324 pages, foxing & some smudges. Good. Hardcover.
"In this little volume I have a definite end in view. I candidly acknowledge that with me, the reality of Bible histories is an indispensable condition to faith in the doctrines and precepts of Christianity. It is my purpose therefore, so far as the subject seems to come properly within the reach of these pages, to consider the history of Samson as a true history, explain its meaning, and apply its principles. Unless Biblical memoirs are strictly true - a record of things as they were, and of facts as they did occur - if the men named are nations or myths, and not individuals - if the miracles wrought by Moses and Samson are mere natural phenomena or figures of speech; then I have no confidence that the doctrines of the Bible are from God." - Introduction.
Rev. William Anderson Scott, D.D. (1813-1885), b. Rock Creek, Tenn.; d. San Francisco, Cal. He graduated Cumberland College (1833) and studied at Princeton theological seminary (1833-34), and was ordained by the presbytery of Louisiana in 1835. His long career saw him as pastor of Presbyterian churches in Tuscaloosa, New Orleans, San Francisco, New York City, and in Birmingham, England. From 1871 until his death he was professor of Moral Philosophy and Systematic Theology in the theological seminary in San Francisco.
Dr. Scott edited the New Orleans "Presbyterian" for three years, founded the "Pacific Expositor," and was the author of " Daniel, a Model for Young Men" (New York, 1854); "Achan in El Dorado" (San Francisco, 1855) ; "Trade and Letters " (New York, 1856); "The Giant Judge" (San Francisco, 1858) ; "The Bible and Politics" (1859) ; " Tim Church in the Army, or the Four Centurions of the Gospels" (New York, 1862.); "The Christ of the Apostles' Creed" (1867); and other works.
