F. C. Grant
F. C. Grant | |
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Born | Frederick Clifton Grant February 2, 1891 |
Died | July 11, 1974 | (aged 83)
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
Church | Episcopal Church (United States) |
Ordained | |
Academic background | |
Berkeley Divinity School | |
Influenced | Samuel Ifor Enoch |
Frederick Clifton Grant (February 2, 1891 – July 11, 1974) was an American New Testament scholar. Grant was born on February 2, 1891, in Beloit, Wisconsin.[2][3] He received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from General Theological Seminary in 1912 and Master of Sacred Theology and Doctor of Theology degrees from Western Theological Seminary in 1916 and 1922 respectively.[4] Grant was Edward Robertson Professor of Biblical Theology at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.[4] In 1951, a Festschrift was published in his honor. The Joy of Study: Papers on New Testament and Related Subjects Presented to Honor Frederick Clifton Grant included contributions from Henry Cadbury, Philip Carrington, and Robert M. Grant.
Grant argued for a form of the
Grant's view that the author of the Gospel of John was "part of a group of early Christian gnostic-mystics" has since been discredited.[6]
Grant died on July 11, 1974.[3][7]
Selected works
Books
- Grant, Frederick C. (1943). The Earliest Gospel: studies of the evangelic tradition at its point of crystalization in writing. Cole Lectures, 1943. New York & Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press. OCLC 269537.
- ——— (1950). An Introduction to New Testament Thought. New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press. OCLC 383096.
- ——— (1953). Hellenistic Religions: the age of syncretism. Library of religion. Vol. 2. New York: Liberal Arts Press. OCLC 180940.
- ——— (1957). The Gospels: their origin and their growth. New York: Harper. OCLC 383451.
- ——— (1957). Ancient Roman Religion. Library of Religion. Vol. 8. New York: Liberal Arts Press. OCLC 182157.
- ——— (1959). Ancient Judaism and the New Testament. New York: Macmillan. OCLC 1549381.
- ——— (1961). Translating the Bible. Greenwich, CT: Seabury Press. OCLC 535910.
- ——— (1962). Roman Hellenism and the New Testament. New York: Scribner. OCLC 832246.
Festschrift
- OCLC 541019.
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b Armentrout & Slocum 2000, p. 225.
- ^ Armentrout & Slocum 2000, p. 225; Tryon 1948, p. xix.
- ^ a b "Dr. F. C. Grant, 83, Theologian, Dies". The New York Times. July 13, 1974. p. 26. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ a b Tryon 1948, p. xix.
- ^ Foster 1995, p. 92.
- ^ Jeffrey 1996, p. 53.
- ^ Armentrout & Slocum 2000, pp. 225–226.
Bibliography
- Armentrout, Don S.; Slocum, Robert Boak, eds. (2000). "Grant, Frederick Clifton". An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church. New York: Church Publishing. pp. 225–226. ISBN 978-0-89869-701-8. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- Foster, R. C. (1995) [1971]. Studies in the Life of Christ. Joplin, Missouri: College Press Publishing Company (published 2000). ISBN 978-0-89900-644-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4177-3.
- Tryon, Harold H., ed. (1948). Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Alumni Catalogue, 1836–1947. New York: Union Theological Seminary. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
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