David E. Garland (born September 24, 1947)
served as the interim president of
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...
in
Waco, Texas
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. His term began in June 2016 amid the
Baylor sexual assault scandal and resignation of former president
Ken Starr. Garland's term concluded on May 31, 2017.
Career
Garland is a professor of Christian scriptures at Baylor's
George W. Truett Theological Seminary
George W. Truett Theological Seminary is a Baptist theological seminary in Waco, Texas. The seminary, named after Southern Baptist preacher George Washington Truett, was founded in 1993 as part of Baylor University and is affiliated with the Ba ...
, where he served as the seminary's fourth dean from June 2007 to June 2015. During this time, he was Baylor's interim president from August 2008 through May 2010 and interim
provost from July 2014 to June 2015. He also served on the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary faculty for 21 years, was chairman of the biblical division from 1992 to 1997, and was the Ernest and Mildred Hogan Professor of New Testament Interpretation from 1993 to 1997. A magna cum laude graduate of
Oklahoma Baptist University
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and a U.S. Navy veteran, he received his master of divinity and doctoral degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and also completed postgraduate work at
Eberhardt-Karls Universitat in
Tübingen, Germany and
Macquarie University in
Sydney, Australia.
In addition to his administrative duties, Garland is a
New Testament
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scholar, having authored, coauthored and edited 24 books, including commentaries on the gospels of
Matthew,
Mark
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and
Luke, Acts,
1 and
2 Corinthians
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,
Colossians
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and
Philemon. His publishers include
Mercer University Press
Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a university press operated by Mercer University
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,
Baker Books
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and
Zondervan Publishing. He has also published more than 50 articles and contributed to the DVD series ''Deeper Connections'', produced by Zondervan. His ''Mark: NIV Application Commentary'' received a Silver Medallion from the
CBA in 1996. "The Gospel of Mark" in ''Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary'' received the Gold Medallion Award from the ECPA in 2003. ''1 Corinthians'' (Baker
exegetical
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commentary on the New Testament) received a Silver Medallion from the ECPA and an Award of Merit from
Christianity Today in 2004. His book ''The Theology of Mark'' (2015) was nominated as a finalist in the Bible Reference category for the ECPA Christian Book Award. He is an elected member of
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.
Garland has preached in churches throughout the U.S., Australia and Africa and has served as interim pastor of 16 churches in Kentucky, Indiana and Texas.
Garland's late wife Dr. Diana S. Richmond Garland served as the founding dean of Baylor's School of Social Work, which was renamed in her honor. They coauthored several books including ''Flawed Families of the Bible: How God's Grace Works Through Imperfect Relationships'' (Brazos Press).
Controversy
In 2017, the ''
Houston Chronicle
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'' reported that a court filing revealed what Garland, as Baylor University interim president, stated in online communication with a school administrator. Garland cited an
NPR
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show in which the author chronicled alcoholism in college, saying that the piece "added another perspective for me of what is going on in the heads of some women who may seem willingly to make themselves victims."
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Notes
Sources
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160618044528/http://www.baylor.edu/president/index.php?id=57010
* http://www.baylor.edu/alumni/magazine/1304/index.php?id=924922
* http://www.baylor.edu/truett/index.php?id=927919
* http://www.baylor.edu/social_work/index.php?id=926090
* http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=181484
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Living people
1947 births
American biblical scholars
Baylor University faculty
Presidents of Baylor University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni
University of Tübingen alumni
People from Crisfield, Maryland
Macquarie University alumni
New Testament scholars
Bible commentators