5 September 1909 A.D. George Ernest Wright Born—Presbyterian Churchman, Old Testament Scholar, ANE Archaeologist, & Harvard Professor
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September 1909 A.D. George
Ernest Wright Born—Presbyterian Churchman, Old Testament Scholar, ANE
Archaeologist, & Harvard Professor
George Ernest Wright
(September 5, 1909–August 29, 1974), was a leading Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist.
Expert in Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, he was especially known for his
work in the study and dating of pottery.
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Biography
He was born on September 5, 1909,[1] in Ohio, son of a Presbyterian minister. He received his B.A. from the College of Wooster
(Ohio) and his Bachelor of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary in
1934.[1] The same year he was ordained in the Presbyterian church.
He studied with William Foxwell Albright at Johns Hopkins University,
where he received his M.A. (1936) and PhD. (1937).[1] He taught Old Testament History and Theology at McCormick Seminary from
1939-1958. He joined the faculty of Harvard Divinity School in
1958, where he was Parkman Professor and the Curator of the Semitic Museum (the
latter beginning in 1961) until his death from a heart attack on August 29,
1974.[1]
Professor Wright published numerous monographs and
articles on subjects ranging from biblical theology to Palestinian archaeology. He
was also the founder of the periodical The Biblical Archaeologist, a magazine now known as Near Eastern Archaeology Magazine. He was a staunch defender of the relevance of Old Testament study to the
Christian faith.
Archaeological
expeditions
·
(1956–1974)
Drew-McCormick Archaeological Expedition to Shechem;
·
(1964–1965)
Hebrew Union College Biblical and Archaeological School Expedition at Tell
Gezer;
·
(1971–1974)
Joint American Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus (1971–1974).
Bibliography
Some of his publications
include:
·
The
pottery of Palestine from the earliest times to the eighteenth century B.C
(1937);
·
Iron:
the date of its introduction into common use in Palestine (1939)
·
The
Old Testament: Impediment or bulwark of the Christian faith? -McCormick
Seminary addresses-(1945);
·
God
Who Acts, Biblical Theology as Recital (1952);
·
The
faith of Israel (1952);
·
The
Biblical doctrine of man in society -Ecumenical biblical studies- (1954);
·
The
pottery of Palestine from the earliest times to the end of the early Bronze Age
(1962);
·
Archaeology,
history, and theology (1964);
·
The
challenge of Israel's faith (1956);
·
The
Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956);
·
Biblical
Archaeology (1957);
·
Bringing
Old Testament times to life (1957);
·
The
Book of the Acts of God: Christian Scholarship Interprets the Bible, with Reginald
H. Fuller (1957) Full text. Doubleday.
·
A
hiding place of sinners: An exposition of Jeremiah 7:1-15 ... -A sermon
delivered in the McCormick Seminary Chapel, Feb. 3; to the pre-Lenten
conference ... of Harvard Divinity School on Feb. 12.- (1958);
·
An
introduction to Biblical archaeology -Studies in theology- (1960);
·
The
Bible and the ancient Near East: Essays in honor of William Foxwell Albright
(1961);
·
Isaiah
(1964);
·
Biblical
Archaeology (1962);
·
The
Old Testament Against Its Environment (1962);
·
Shechem,
Biography of a Biblical City (1965);
·
The
Book of the acts of God: Modern Christian scholarship interprets the Bible
(1965);
·
The
Old Testament and Theology (1969);
·
The
thousand years before Christ (1969);
·
The
book of Isaiah -The Layman's Bible commentary-(1972);
References
1.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Hicks, R. Lansing (2007).
"Wright, George Ernest". In Donald K. McKim. Dictionary of major
biblical interpreters (2nd ed.). Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic.
pp. 1060–1065. ISBN 9780830829279.
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