THE EMPHATIC DIAGLOTT: Containing the original Greek text of what is commonly styled the New Testament (according to the recension

New York: Fowler And Wells, 1865. First Fowler Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo; 4, 419 unpaginated leaves, 4, 44 pp. of Alphabetical Appendix To The New Testament (lacking pp. 39ff - supplied in facsimile); recased with the publisher's cloth boards, and a new leather spine, title-page chipped, some other page wear.Scarce.

Benjamin Wilson was a Campbellite before he became a founder of the Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith, and was the editor and publisher of "The Gospel Banner". When not editing that journal, he created this acclaimed interlinear, word by word, translation of the New Testament. The Preface tells that this was originally issued in parts during 1863-1864 from his print shop in Geneva, Illinois, but no copies are known. This is the first New York edition of the completed work. After Wilson's death in 1900, the International Bible Students Association bought the rights to his work and began publishing this text in 1902. It continues to be distibuted today by The Watchtower Society, a.k.a. Watch Tower Society, guaranteeing its continued influence among Bible students. [ Herbert, HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE, no. 1950 ]. Although the Library of Congress has a card covering a first New York edition of 1864, no copy has been located: whereas this copy IS copyrighted 1864, but lacks the statement, "Electrotyped by B. Wilson, Geneva, Illinois." It was issued by Fowler and Wells in 1865". This copy shows only an 1864 copyright date]. Only one copy of that Geneva, Illinois first book edition is cited in the Book Auction Records, and that was in 2023. This is a bi-lingual text with the Greek, with an interlineal translation, with a readable English text at the right margin. The address of Fowler And Wells is 389 Broadway. A map of the Holy Land was inserted at page 3, before the Appendix.