George Balderston Kidd

Rev. George Balderston Kidd (Cottingham, near Hull, 28 July 1794–1852) was a Dissenting Minister and theological writer.

He was the eldest son of the Rev. Anthony Kidd, Nonconformist minister.[1] Kidd is mainly remembered for his posthumous book Christophaneia: The Doctrine of the Manifestations of the Son of God under the Economy of the Old Testament (ed. OT Dobbin; London: Ward, 1852). This was used in argument with Unitarians in the 19th Century to claim the pre-existence of Christ and the appearance of Christ as the Angel of the Lord and Ancient of Days in the Hebrew Bible.[2] The book was also listed as Christophany: the Result of original Investigations into the Manifestations of the Son of God, under the Old Testament Dispensation.[3] It was one of the first texts to use the term "Christophany" to apply to claimed appearances of Christ as angels in the Hebrew Bible, rather than in the New Testament sense such as the Damascus Christophany.

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Stratten A brief memoir of the rev. G. Balderston Kidd 1852
  2. ↑ e.g Walter Chamberlain The Christian verity stated, in reply to a Unitarian 1861 p87 "On these manifestations of The Son in the Old Testament, a useful book is Christophaneia, by a late dissenting minister, Mr. George Balderston Kidd : a work particularly valuable for its minute and multitudinous Scripture references."
  3. ↑ John Kitto Journal of Sacred Literature, April 1852 to July 1852 2003 p267 "Christophany : the Result of original Investigations into the Manifestations of the Son of God, under the Old Testament Dispensation. By the late Rev. GB Kidd. Edited by the Rev. OT Dobbin, LLD"