Burder, Samuel, Dd

Burder, Samuel, D.D.

a minister of the Church of England, who died as pastor of Christ Church at London, Nov. 21, 1836, is the author of The Scripture Expositor: a New Commentary, Crit. and Prac., on the Holy Bible (Lond. 1809):-Oriental Literature applied to the Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, especially with reference to Antiquities, Traditions, Manners, etc. (ibid. 1822, 2 vols.):-Oriental Customs; or, An Illustration of the Holy Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and especially of the Jews, etc. (ibid. 1839, and later). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 135,188; Allibone, Diet. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. (B. P.)