Elijah Porter Barrows

Elijah Porter Barrows (5 January 1807 – 14 September 1888)[1] was an American clergyman and writer.

In 1835, he declined a position at Oberlin College,[2] choosing instead to become pastor of the first free Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Here Barrows remained until 1837, when he accepted the professorship of sacred literature in Western Reserve College (1837–52).

In 1853, he was appointed professor of Hebrew language and literature in Andover Theological Seminary, retaining the office until 1866.

Besides twenty-five articles in the Bibliotheca Sacra, Barrows has published A Memoir of Evertin Judson (1852); Companion to the Bible (1869); and Sacred Geography and Antiquities (1872).