ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON. - Alexander Archibald (v.), Presbyterian exegete, b. in Philadelphia in 1809, d. at Princeton in 1860. From 1838
he taught Oriental languages and literatures at Princeton, gaining renown as America’s foremost philologist; from 1852, ecclesiastical history; and from 1858, New Testament exegesis.
Drawing inspiration from the conservative school of Hengstenberg, he composed learned philological works, including Isaiah (2 vols., New York 1846–47; new ed., Glasgow 1875), but above all several extensive popularizing commentaries (such as The Psalms, 3 vols., New York 1850; The Acts of the Apostles, 2 vols., 2nd ed., London 1862). In order to spread knowledge of the sacred books, he planned with Ch. Hodge a series of popular commentaries on the New Testament; he was able to publish only Mark with Acts of the Apostles (1858), and Matthew (1860).