Talk:William Mitchell Ramsay

Apologetics

This whole article has the distinct flavor of biased apologetics. I thought I was reading Conservapedia for a second. Critical eyes needed, please! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.213.95.67 (talk) 16:59, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

More likely to be an American evangelical "university". Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 15:59, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Copyrighted section?

The following section appears to be taken from another website or source. Material should be restated if it is considered appropriate for inclusion. WBardwin (talk) 02:47, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL RAMSAY - Educated at Oxford, he held several prestigious professorships, including "First Professor of Classical Archaeology" and "Lincoln and Merton Professorship of Classical Archaeology and Art" at Oxford, and "Regius Professor of Humanity" at the University of Aberdeen. He received gold medals from Pope Leo XII, the University of Pennsylvania, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and was knighted in 1906.

Mitchell was raised as an atheist and as an archaeologist was convinced that the Bible was fraudulent. "He had spent years deliberately preparing himself for the announced task of heading an exploration expedition into Asia Minor and Palestine where he would [find] the evidence that the book was the product of ambitious monks, and not the book from heaven it claimed to be. He regarded the weakest spot in the whole New Testament to be the story of Paul's travels. These had never been thoroughly investigated by one on the spot. Equipped as no other man had been, he went to the home of the Bible. Here he spent fifteen years digging. Then in 1896 he published a large volume, Saint Paul, the Traveler and the Roman Citizen."[1]

Ramsay was struck by what he considered to be the accuracy of the book of Acts. In his quest to refute the Bible, he discovered many facts which he later claimed to confirm its accuracy. He concluded that Luke’s account of the events and setting recorded in the narrative were exact even in the smallest detail.[2] Of Luke, he wrote: Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy...this author should be placed along with the very greatest historians.[3] These findings were later proven to be false.

"The book caused a furor of dismay among the skeptics of the world. Its attitude was utterly unexpected because it was contrary to the announced intention of the author years before. For twenty years more, book after book from the same author came from the press, each filled with additional evidence of the exact, minute truthfulness of the whole New Testament as tested by the spade on the spot. And these books have stood the test of time, not one having been refuted, nor have I found even any attempt to refute them."[4]

Ramsay shook the contemporary intellectual world by declaring that he had converted to Christianity, having found himself accepting the Bible as God’s Word because of the evidence of his explorations and discoveries. Although his publications are still cited by christian apologists, most of his findings have been refuted by subsequent archeological findings.

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Andrew Mitchell

"The help of his older brother and maternal uncle, Andrew Mitchell, made it possible for him to have a superior education." Is this intended to refer to two people - an older brother, and a maternal uncle, or is it intended to refer to Sir William's mother's older brother? Either way it needs to be rewritten. --PeterR2 (talk) 18:32, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

I see that Oxford DNB confirms that two people were meant, so I have now altered the wording and punctuation. --PeterR2 (talk) 18:39, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

I also saw that, and have referenced it. Charles Matthews (talk) 18:43, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

GA President, Holy Scirpute and history of Freemasonry

The fact that William Mitchell Ramsay was the president of the Geographical Association is sourced by this blog, a type of source which usually is not listed within WP reliable source. But this come from the Geographical Association's Vice President Alan Parkinson.

On the same edit

On the Freemasonry he wrote the book titled The history of freemasonry; from the building of the house of the Lord, and its progress throughout the civilized world, down to the present time. His conclusions about the authenticity of the Acts of Apostles and of the Pauline epistles exclude his belonging to the Synagogue of Satan. According to the apparent historical value of his rare universal history of the Satanist Freemasonry, he can be believed one of those specialists even saying the Bible was divinely inspired and it is a historical source as a first. Such a traditional and relatively recent thesis, needs to be further highlighted in the WP article. Hope someone helps in doing so with reliable sources. Regards, Theologian81sp (talk) 19:54, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

a book of him is missing

"The revolution in Constantinople and turkey" book is missing,i know because i have it fist edition in my hand😅 Bubu23ant (talk) 19:40, 20 February 2024 (UTC)