T. J. Thorburn

Thomas James Thorburn (1858 - 16 January 1923), best known as T. J. Thorburn was a British Doctor of Divinity and writer.

Biography

Thorburn was born in Derby. He was married to Emily Jane. They had two children, Charles and Evelyn. He was a Science Master at Sheffield Grammar School. Throughout his career he was headmaster at a number of schools. He was headmaster of Caistor Grammar School, Lincolnshire and Odiham Grammar School, Hampshire. He was later the headmaster of Hastings Grammar School.[1]

Thorburn was a firm believer in the historicity of Jesus and an opponent of the Christ myth theory.[2][3][4]

In his book The Mythical Interpretation of the Gospels (1916) he combated the ideas of mythicists Arthur Drews, J. M. Robertson and William Benjamin Smith.[5][6] It was entered into a competition and Thorburn won a prize of $6,000 from the Bross Foundation.[7][8]

Publications

References
  1. "DG A220: Thomas James Thorburn". Friends of Hastings Cemetery.
  2. Anonymous. (1913). Reviewed Work: Jesus the Christ, Historical or Mythical? by T. J. Thorburn. The Biblical World 41 (3): 214-215.
  3. Case, Shirley J. (1914). Reviewed Work: Jesus the Christ: Historical or Mythical? A Reply to Professor Drews' "Die Christusmythe" by T. J. Thorburn. Harvard Theological Review 7 (4): 625.
  4. Anonymous. (1917). Reviewed Work: The Mythical Interpretation of the Gospels: Critical Studies in the Historical Narratives by T. J. Thorburn. The Biblical World 49 (6): 377.
  5. T. W. (1917). Reviewed Work: The Mythical Interpretation of the Gospels by Thomas James Thorburn. The American Journal of Theology 21 (2): 315.
  6. Anonymous. (1917). Recent Religious Thought. The Independent 89: 31
  7. Anonymous. (October 14, 1915). English Pastor Wins Bross Prize of 6000. Chicago Tribune. p. 16
  8. Wilder, Amos N. (2014). Modern Poetry and the Christian Tradition: A Study in the Relation of Christianity to Culture. Wipf and Stock. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-62564-506-7
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