Theodore N. Swanson, an ordained Pastor of the

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is an

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Scholar. Swanson taught

at the

United Theological College, Bangalore United Theological College (UTC) is an Eccumenical Christian seminary founded in 1910 situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological University, the Senate of Seram ...

, India.K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997'', Bangalore, 1997. Swanson's writings on the canon of the

has gathered scholarly reviews. In 2000, Stephen B. Chapman, an

Scholar at the Duke Divinity School has substantially referred to the work of Swanson.

Writings

* 1970, ''The closing of the collection of Holy Scriptures: A study in the history of the canonization of the Old Testament'', *1982, ''When the time had fully come : a study of the intertestamental period'', *1982, ''The Apocalyptic Scriptures'', * 1986 (with Terence Y. Mullins), ''The kings of Israel'', *1993, ''Christianity and World Religions: A Biblical Understanding'', *2012, ''Augustana's Biblical Heritage'', *2013, ''Preacher as Teacher'',T. N. Swanson, ''Preacher as Teacher'' in Vinod Victor (Edited), ''Preaching in the 21st century: Towards a New Homiletics - Fetschrift to P. Surya Prakash'', ISPCK, New Delhi, 2013, pp.44-5

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Studies

Swanson studied at the Augustana College (Illinois), Augustana College graduate first in 1950 and again in 1954.''The Augustana Heritage Newsletter'', Volume 7, Number 1, Fall 2010, p.14. Swanson also studied at the

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and at the Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University, ''Donors 2015-2016'

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Teaching

Starting in the 1980s, Swanson taught

at the

. Among the postgraduate students who specialized in

and taught at seminaries elsewhere were, *1978-1980, Geevarghese Mathew, Mar Thoma Syrian Church, MMTSC, at the Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam, *1979-1981,

G. D. V. Prasad G. D. V. Prasad is an Old Testament scholar and translator who was the Director of Translations at the Bible Society of India, Bangalore, from 1991 to 2010. Prasad is from the Diocese of Krishna-Godavari of the Church of South India. Spiritual ...

, CSI, at the Bishop’s College, Calcutta, *1980-1982, D. Jones Muthunayagom, CSI, at the

Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary (TTS) is an ecumenical venture of Tamil churches in Arasaradi, Madurai, South India. TTS is affiliated with the Senate of Serampore College and Madurai Kamaraj University. The Principal is Rev. Dr. Margaret Kal ...

, Madurai and later at

, *1980-1982, James Vijayakumar, at the United Theological College, Bangalore, *1981-1983, Mani Chacko, CSI, at the

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, Chennai, *1985-1987, M. Prithvi Raju, AELC, at the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Seminary in Rajahmundry, *1986-1988, Ch. Victor Moses, AELC, at the

, Chennai, *1986-1988, N. V. Luther Paul, AELC, at the

Andhra Christian Theological College Andhra Christian Theological College (ACTC) is a seminary in Telangana which was founded in 1964. It is affiliated with India's first university, the Senate of Serampore College (University) (a university under section 2(f) of the University G ...

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, *1987-1989, D. John Samuel Ponnusamy, CSI, at the

, Madurai, *1987-1989, J. R. John Samuel Raj, CSI, at the

Kerala United Theological Seminary Kerala United Theological Seminary (KUTS) is run by the Church of South India with an ecumenical outlook. It was founded in 1943, and is affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University), West Bengal. KUTS is located in Kannammoola in T ...

, Trivandrum and later at the United Theological College, Bangalore,

References

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