It was in the pages of the Scofield Reference Bible that many Christians first encountered Archbishop James Ussher's calculation of the date of Creation as 4004 BC ; and through discussion of Scofield's notes, which advocated the " gap theory ," fundamentalists began a serious internal debate about the nature and chronology of creation.

During the early 1890s, Scofield began styling himself Rev.

At Stratford-upon-Avon in 1962, Peter Brook ( who would later film the play with the same Lear, Paul Scofield ) set the action simply, against a huge, empty white stage.

David Paul Scofield CH CBE ( 21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008 ), better known as Paul Scofield, was an English actor of stage and screen.

Noted for his distinctive voice and delivery, Scofield received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, a reprise of the role he played in the stage version at the West End and on Broadway for which he received a Tony Award.

They have toured extensively, opening for the likes of Al Di Meola, Mike Gordon of Phish, and Sound Tribe Sector 9, and have shared the stage with Bill Frisel, Les Claypool, Scott Amendola, Charlie Hunter, Stanton Moore, John Scofield, Galactic, Moe, Bonerama, Marco Benevento, Les Claypool, Kirk Joseph, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Rebirth Brass Band, Mike Dillon, Skerik, Johnny Vidacovich, Karl Denson, Joe Russo, Mike Clark, George Garzon, Brad Barr, Marc Friedman, Joseph " Zigaboo " Modileste, Andrew Barr, Annie Ellicott, Mark Southerland, Jason Fraticelli, Elliot Levin, Cochemea Gastelum, John Ellis, Bluetech, Eskmo, Welder, Vibesquad, Robin Eubanks, Marshall Allen, George Garzone, Steve Kimock, and the Everyone Orchestra, among others.

In a career mainly devoted to the classical theatre, Scofield starred in many Shakespeare plays and played the title role in Ben Jonson's Volpone in Peter Hall's production for the Royal National Theatre ( 1977 ).

Over the course of his career, Goodrick has had many notable students Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Avner Strauss, Rale Micic and Bill Frisell.

During his professional career as a pianist, he has played with and for musicians such as Ravi Coltrane, Billy Higgins, Marlena Shaw, Gerald Wilson, James Newton, Billy Hart, Anthony Cox, Greg Osby, Robin Eubanks, Lonnie Plaxico, Jack DeJohnette, Ralph Peterson, Dave Holland, Bobby McFerrin, Meshell Ndegeocello, Carlos Ward, Ray Anderson, Charles Neville, Hassan Hakmoun, Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Mýa, Kip Hanrahan, Noreaga, Cindy Blackman, Joshua Redman, Victor Bailey, Bobby Previte, Frank Lacy, Bennie Maupin, Pheeroan Aklaff, Eric Person, Gary Thomas, Vernon Reid, Marty Ehrlich, Gene Jackson, James Genus, Steve Swallow, Andrew Cyrille, Steve Coleman, John Scofield, Jeff " Tain " Watts, Stanley Turrentine, Don Alias, and many others.

Paul Scofield, as Lear, eschews sentimentality: this demanding old man with a coterie of unruly knights provokes audience sympathy for the daughters in the early scenes, and his presentation explicitly rejects the tradition ( as Daniel Rosenthal describes it ) of playing Lear as " poor old white-haired patriarch ".

Expresso Bongo, Staircase and Amadeus were filmed with other actors, but Scofield starred in the screen versions of A Man for All Seasons ( 1966 ) and King Lear ( 1971 ).

Lean assembled an all-star cast for this film, including Marlon Brando, Paul Scofield, Anthony Quinn, Peter O ' Toole, Christopher Lambert, Isabella Rossellini and Dennis Quaid, with Georges Corraface as the title character.

The Bible colleges prepared ministers who lacked college or seminary experience with intense study of the Bible, often using the Scofield Reference Bible of 1909, which was the King James version with detailed notes explaining how to interpret Dispensationalist passages.

Some artists previously associated with Blue Note, such as McCoy Tyner made new recordings, while younger musicians such as Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Greg Osby, Jason Moran and arranger / composer Bob Belden have established notable reputations through their Blue Note albums.

Zinnemann's fortunes changed once again with A Man for All Seasons ( 1966 ), scripted by Robert Bolt from his own play and starring Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More, portraying him as a man driven by conscience to his ultimate fate.

It was settled in the winter of 1766-1767 by John Scofield, who arrived with all his belongings on a hand sled.

* 1890-Central American Mission founded by C. I. Scofield, editor of the Scofield Reference Bible ; Methodist Charles Gabriel writes missionary song " Send the Light "; John Livingston Nevius of China visits Korea to outline his strategy for missions: 1 ) Each believer should be a productive member of society and active in sharing his faith ; 2 ) The church in Korea should be distinctly Korean and free of foreign control ; 3 ) The leaders of the Korean church will be selected and trained from its members ; 4 ) Church buildings will be built by Koreans with their own resources

Coffins waiting for transport to disaster siteOn May 1, 1900, an errant spark touched off the fine haze of coal dust deep underground and the Winter Quarters # 4 mine exploded with fury ( See Scofield Mine disaster ).

He acted at the Piccadilly Theatre in 1959 and was with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1962 Arts Theatre Experimental season ( Nil Carborundum and Afore Night Come ) 1964 ' Dirty Plays ' season Night Come, Victor and the premiere productions of The Marat Sade and the revival of Afore Night Come ), in 1965 at Stratford where he appeared in The Comedy of Errors, Timon of Athens, The Jew of Malta, Love's Labour's Lost, and Peter Hall's outstanding production of The Government Inspector at the Aldwych Theatre with Paul Scofield, Eric Porter, Donald Burton, Stanley Lebor, Bruce Condell, John Corvin and Tim Wylton among others.

* Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, directed by Peter Hall, with Paul Scofield and Simon Callow ( 1979 – 80 )

* King Lear directed by Peter Brook with Paul Scofield as Lear ( 1962 )

* Staircase with Paul Scofield and Patrick Magee ( 1966 )

During a break in activity halfway through the recording of Black Market, Johnson opted to leave Weather Report in order to play with the Billy Cobham / George Duke Band ( which featured a young John Scofield on guitar ).

Having reluctantly agreed with Shorter that he would no longer use the band name, Zawinul attempted to reform the Sportin ' Life lineup ( minus Shorter but adding guitarist John Scofield ) under the new name Weather Update.

The Scofield Reference Bible promoted dispensationalism, the belief that between creation and the final judgment there were seven distinct eras of God's dealing with man and that these eras were a framework for synthesizing the message of the Bible.

In 1967, Oxford University Press published a revision of the Scofield Bible with a slightly modernized KJV text and a muting of some of the tenets of Scofield's theology.

The play was adapted for film once, by Jean-Paul Sartre as the 1958 film Les Sorcières de Salem and by Miller himself as the 1996 film The Crucible, the latter with a cast including Paul Scofield, Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder.

John Scofield ( born December 26, 1951, Dayton, Ohio ), often referred to as " Sco ", is an American jazz-rock guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham, Medeski Martin & Wood, George Duke, Jaco Pastorius, John Mayer, and many other well-known artists.

Educated at the Berklee College of Music, Scofield eventually left school to record with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan.

In 1966, the play was made into the successful film A Man for All Seasons directed by Fred Zinnemann, adapted for the screen by the playwright himself, and starring Paul Scofield in an Oscar-winning performance.

" She received a third Oscar nomination for her performance as the simple, unrefined, but dignified Lady Alice More, opposite Paul Scofield as Thomas More, in A Man for All Seasons ( 1966 ).

" It was a performance that also won him his third Evening Standard Best Actor award, a record equalled only by Laurence Olivier and Paul Scofield.

In 1992, Scofield released Grace Under Pressure, featuring fellow guitarist Bill Frisell, with Charlie Haden on bass and Joey Baron on drums.

* Grace Under Pressure ( John Scofield album ), a 1992 music album by John Scofield

Salieri was portrayed in the award-winning play at London's National Theatre by Paul Scofield.

Amadeus was first presented at the Royal National Theatre, London in 1979, directed by Sir Peter Hall and starring Paul Scofield as Salieri, Simon Callow as Mozart, and Felicity Kendal as Constanze.

When Scofield was a few weeks old, his family moved to Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, where his father served as the headmaster at the Hurstpierpoint

Scofield died from leukemia on 19 March 2008 at the age of 86 at a hospital near his home in Sussex, England.

In England, Paul Scofield, who played it at the Old Vic in 1952, was considered the definitive Richard of more modern times.

It is located at near the intersections of Scofield Road and Sumpter Road.

In 1890, the township built its first township hall, which sits at 6158 Scofield Road.

A choir directed by Thomas L. Hardee and composed of singers from Huntington and neighboring Cleveland won an Eisteddfod competition hosted by the Scofield Welsh Choir in 1895, and later performed at an LDS general conference in Salt Lake City.

Heavily sponsored by the local industry, prominent world acts such as BB King, Diana Krall, Ornette Coleman, Joshua Redman and John Scofield have played at the festival in recent years.

The Scofield Reference Bible is a widely circulated study Bible edited and annotated by the American Bible student Cyrus I. Scofield, that popularized dispensationalism at the beginning of the 20th century.

Scofield is currently serving as an adjunct faculty member in the Jazz Department at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education.

John Scofield playing at the International Jazz Festival Enschede, 2007.

An English language adaptation was written by John Mortimer, and first performed by the National Theatre company at the Old Vic on 9 March 1971 with Paul Scofield in the title role.

This production was revived at Stratford after the war, with Paul Scofield in the title role.

Furthermore, the fact that the entire tour was distributed online and later via Instant Live CDs, and a live DVD was made of an early concert at the Warfield ( with Scofield and Orsby ), meant that the various configurations of the year's lineup left a larger body of recorded work than many groups that worked together for years.

Bugge Wesseltoft ( with John Scofield ) at Moers Festival 2006, Germany

* Interview w / Caleb Scofield at Lambgoat. com