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'''William Whiston''' (1667-1752) was a British scholar.
'''William Whiston''' (1667-1752) was a British scholar, theologian, historian and mathematician. From his study of the Apostolic Constitutions derived the opinion that Arianism was the original creed of the early Church. His translation of the works of Josephus became standard in the English world, being still used and often reprinted. 


==Biography==
==Works==
English theologian, historian and mathematician. From his study of the Apostolic Constitutions derived the opinion that Arianism was the original creed of the early Church. His translation of the works of Josephus became standard in the English world, being still used and often reprinted. 


==Biography==
====Books====
====Books====


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*[[The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus (1737 Whiston), book]]
*[[The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus (1737 Whiston), book]]


==External links==
==Biography==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston Wikipedia]
 
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William Whiston

William Whiston (1667-1752) was a British scholar, theologian, historian and mathematician. From his study of the Apostolic Constitutions derived the opinion that Arianism was the original creed of the early Church. His translation of the works of Josephus became standard in the English world, being still used and often reprinted.

Works

Books

Biography