George Bush, the biblical scholar

George Bush (June 12, 1796 – September 19, 1859) was a prominent biblical scholar, preacher and controversialist. Download high resolution version (511x640, 41 KB)This work is in the public domain, Credit to Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (511x640, 41 KB)This work is in the public domain, Credit to Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Biography

Bush graduated from Dartmouth College in 1818 and went on to study at the Princeton Theological Seminary. Bush was ordained at the Salem Presbytery, Indiana in 1825 and was appointed pastor of a church in Indianapolis. There his 'liberal' or 'progressive' religious views came into conflict with those of his more conservative parishioners, leading to the termination of his services for the church. From 1831 to 1847, Bush was Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature at New York University. He also began several works, including the Life of Mohammed (1830), A Grammar of the Hebrew Language (1835), an extensive series of commentaries on books of the Old Testament, and the highly controversial Anastasis: or, the doctrine of the resurrection of the Body, rationally and scripturally considered (1844). Mr. Bush was also a committed advocate for the abolishment of slavery. His 1847 "The Valley of Vision," which became an antebellum best seller, called on the U.S. government to militarily wrench Palestine from the Turks and return it to the Jews. Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... The steeple of Alexander Hall Princeton Theological Seminary is a theological seminary located in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Secular Jewish culture embraces several related phenomena; above all, it is the culture of secular communities of Jewish people, but it can also include the cultural contributions of individuals who identify as secular Jews, or even those of religious Jews working in cultural areas not generally considered to be connected... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational institution in New York City. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh. ... Jan. ...

In 1845 Bush converted to the General Church of the New Jerusalem. He quickly became a prominent spokesman of the church, and helped the spread of the church's magazine. Bush served as editor for the New Church Review and the spiritualist magazine, The Hierophant, and he authored and helped disseminate a large number of Swedenborgian tracts, including the widely read Statement of reasons for believing the doctrines and disclosures of Emanuel Swedenborg (1846) and Mesmer and Swedenborg (1847). Bush continued his promotional work for the New Church until his death, following a protracted and debilitating illness, in 1859. 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The General Church of the New Jerusalem (also referred to as the General Church or just simply the New Church) is an international church based on the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg (often called the Writings for the New Church or just the... Emanuel Swedenborg, 75, holding the manuscript of Apocalypsis Revelata (1766). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Swedenborgianism is a term based on the ecclesiastical organization of certain beliefs relating to Emanuel Swedenborgs writings and, as such, is considered a religious movement by some. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Family

Bush was the grandson of Timothy Bush, thus a first cousin four times removed of President George H.W. Bush, and a cousin five times removed of President George W. Bush. After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States by Islamist extremists, Bush's Life of Mohammed was noted in the news media in both Western and Islamic countries. Timothy Bush, Sr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ...

Book

• Fernald, Life of George Bush, (Boston, 1860)

External links

• Free book by George Bush: The life of Mohammed; founder of the religion of Islam, and of the empire of the Saracens
• University of Michigan Library's collection
• Biography from a New York Public Library exhibition guide
• USINFO clarification of relationship to president George W. Bush