Charles Augustus Briggs, an American scholar of Hebrew and theology, was born in New York and graduated from the University of Virginia and the Union Theological Seminary. He served in the New York Militia during the Civil War and then continued his studies at the University of Berlin, after which he was appointed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Roselle, New Jersey. He was a professor at Union Theological Seminary for several decades, holding various positions, despite being tried and excommunicated for heresy by the Presbyterian Church during that time – a move some felt was influenced by the tone and not only the content of controversial ideas Briggs had expressed. After being ousted from the Presbyterian Church, he was ordained as a priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Briggs was awarded a number of honorary doctorates in recognition of his biblical scholarship, work which included collaborating with Francis Brown and S.R. Driver on the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon among many other publications.
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