Francis Bruce Vawter, CM (1921–1 December 1986) was an American Vincentian priest and a biblical scholar.

Biography

Vawter was born in 1921 at

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, and joined the Vincentians in 1942. He was ordained in 1947. Vawter received his doctorate in sacred Scripture from the

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, and then was a

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at Eberhard University in

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. Vawter was chairman of

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's department of religious studies from 1969 until June 1986. Vawter was a witness in the 1981

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trial, reported as

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, at

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. Vawter died on 1 December 1986.

Works

Vawter authored more than a dozen works.

As author

* ''Job and Jonah'' * ''The Path of Wisdom'' * ''Amos, Hosea, Micah: With an Introduction to Classical Prophecy'' * ''On Genesis'' * ''This Man Jesus'' * ''The four Gospels'' * ''Biblical Inspiration''

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"Biblical Inspiration. Bruce Vawter"

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vol. 55, no. 2 (Apr., 1975): 284-285.

As editor

*Various works issued by the

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* ''Old Testament Abstracts''

References

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