"Not a few of the experienced times of , when in s they felt themselves in the very presence of God, heard him speak, and saw celestial realities."
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Edgar J. Goodspeed
(October 23, 1871 – January 13, 1962) was an American theologian, scholar of and the New Testament, and professor at the University of Chicago. He is noteworthy for his translations of the Bible: ' (1923), and (with ) The Bible, An American Translation (1931), the "Goodspeed Bible".
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