Peter Hugh Davids (born 22 November 1947) is a

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scholar and

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. He retired as Professor of Christianity at

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. He has also taught biblical studies at Regent College in

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, Trinity (Episcopal) School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, and Canadian Theological Seminary in Regina,

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. He has a bachelor of arts from Wheaton College (1968), a Masters in Divinity from

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(1971), and a Ph.D from

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(1974). Davids is author of major commentaries on the Biblical books of

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and 1 Peter. He was ordained a priest in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (i.e. Anglican use) in 2014.

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Publisher's author profileHis St Paul's Center profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davids, Peter H. 20th-century Roman Catholic theologians Living people 1947 births Houston Christian University faculty Trinity Evangelical Divinity School alumni Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni Alumni of the University of Manchester Religious leaders from Syracuse, New York New Testament scholars Bible commentators 21st-century Roman Catholic theologians Canadian Roman Catholic theologians