Sidney Jellicoe

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Sidney Jellicoe
Born25 August 1906 
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Sidney Jellicoe (25 August 1906 – 24 November 1973) was a British-Canadian dean

biblical scholar, Harrold professor of Divinity,[1] theological educator, and priest.[2][3][4][5]

Biography

He was a scholar of St Chad's College, Durham. After being ordained by Archbishop William Temple in York Minster in 1934, he served as a parish priest in England for eleven years, then for eight years was Chaplain and Lecturer at Bishop Otter Training College, Chichester. In 1952, he became Dean of Divinity and Harrold Professor at Bishop's University,[6] Lennoxville, Quebec.[7][8] In 1966, he became Dean of Theology and in 1971 Dean Emeritus, as well as first Chairman of the Division of Graduate Studies.[2]

Awards

In 1955, Diocesan College, Montreal, conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) and in 1970 Bishop's University granted him the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law.[2]

Academic work

He was one of the founders of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) including Robert A. Kraft.[9][10]

Published works

He also wrote a number of articles for learned journals, such as New Testament Studies and the

Oxford Clarendon Press
, entitled The Septuagint and Modern Study.

  • Sidney Jellicoe (1968). The Septuagint and modern study. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    OCLC 362777
    .
  • Sebastian P. Brock; Charles Theodore Fritsch; Sidney Jellicoe (1973-06-01). A classified bibliography of the Septuagint. Arbeiten zur Literatur und Geschichte des Hellenistischen Judentums. Vol. 6. Leiden: Netherlands: E. J. Brill.
    OCLC 760456592
    .
  • Sidney Jellicoe (1974). Studies in the Septuagint: origins, recensions, ad interpretations: selected essays. New York: Library of biblical studies.
    OCLC 470456469
    .

References

  1. ^ "1951–1980". Bishop's University. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. ^ a b c Ronald E. Reeve (1974). "Sidney Jellicoe (1906 - 1974): Scholar, Teacher, Priest and Gentleman" (PDF). Bishop's University Alumni Magazine. Anido, John "Community mourns Rev Jellicoe" The Campus.
  3. ISBN 9780773511767
    .
  4. ^ "Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studios" (PDF). Letters in Canada. 1973.
  5. ^ Robert J. V. Hiebert; Cameron Boyd-Taylor (2017). "A Short History of Septuagint Studies in Canada". JSCS. 50: 41.
  6. ^ "The Septuagint and Modern Study". Logos.
  7. ISSN 0042-0247
    .
  8. doi:10.1017/S0036930600023814
    .
  9. JSTOR 1453432
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  10. ^ "JELLICOE'S LETTER & THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IOSCS". 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2021-03-31.

External links

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