| 词条 | William McElwee Miller |
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Born in Middlesboro, Kentucky, Miller received a M.A. in 1913 from Washington and Lee University, and a B.D. in 1919 from Princeton Theological Seminary. He went to Persia (Iran) as a missionary of the Presbyterian Church and, except for a short period around 1932, he remained in Persia until 1962. As a part of his missionary work, he learned Persian and studied Islam, particularly Shi'a Islam, Persia and Persian culture. During his missionary work in Persia, he also encountered the Bahá'ís, a large religious minority there. Much of his ministerial work involved developing Christian apologetic responses to these religions. With respect to the Bahá'í Faith, his Baha'ism, Its Origin, History and Teachings,[2] published in 1931, was the first of two books, and several apologetics articles on the subject. Along with Earl E. Elder he translated Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Aqdas, one of the central books of the religion; this translation was published by the Royal Asiatic Society in 1961. In 1974, a new follow-up, The Baha'i Faith: Its History and Teachings[3] added additional material not available previously. After 1962, he retired with his wife to Mount Airy, Pennsylvania, where he lived until she died, and then went to live in a retirement home until his own death in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1993. Works
|author=Earl E. Elder and William McElwee Miller (Trs.) |year=1961 |title=AL-KITĀB AL-AQDAS |publisher=Royal Asiatic Society |location=London |isbn=0-947593-20-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/alaqdaselder
|author=William McElwee Miller |year=1974 |title=The Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings |publisher=William Carey Library |location=Pasadena, CA |isbn=0-87808-137-2
References1. ^{{cite web|title = Interview with William McElwee Miller - Collection 387|publisher = Billy Graham Center|date = 2005-04-08|url = http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/387.htm|accessdate = 2008-09-17}} {{Portal|Christianity}}2. ^{{cite book|author=William McElwee Miller|title=Baha'ism, Its Origin, History and Teachings|url=http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/K-O/M/miller/Bahaism_Miller_1931.pdf|year=1931|publisher=Fleming H. Revell Company|isbn=}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=William McElwee Miller|title=The Baha'i Faith: Its History and Teachings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gc3_6HVvZzkC|year=1974|publisher=William Carey Library|isbn=978-0-87808-137-0}} Sources
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