The Bible Doctrine of Inspiration by Basil Manly, Jr.

The Bible Doctrine of Inspiration by Basil Manly, Jr.

Basil Manly, Jr.

1825-1892

Basil Manly Jr. was born in Edgefield County, South Carolina, but moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at a young age. He graduated from the University of Alabama and Princeton Theological Seminary before being ordained by First Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa in 1848. Manly Jr. went on to serve various churches in Alabama from 1848 to 1850 before becoming pastor of First Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., from 1850 to 1854. Manly Jr. then founded and became president of the Richmond Female Institute for several years before founding and becoming a professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, S.C., until it closed during the Civil War. Manly Jr. also led the founding and organization of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, established in 1863. After serving as president of Georgetown College in Kentucky from 1871 to 1877, Manly Jr. joined the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's faculty at their new Louisville, Ky., location to teach Old Testament until his passing in 1892.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1888

The Bible Doctrine of Inspiration. Sl; sn, 1888.

AL Book Collection

Manly, Basil, Jr., “The Bible Doctrine of Inspiration by Basil Manly, Jr.,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24585.