James Murdock (scholar)

James Murdock (1776–1856) was an American biblical scholar, born in Westbrook, Connecticut.

For the Canadian M.P., see James Murdock (politician).

He made the first translation of the New Testament from the Syriac Peshitta into English in 1851.

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