George Wesley Buchanan (December 25, 1921 – 2019) was an American biblical scholar who was a Professor of New Testament at
Wesley Theological Seminary
Wesley Theological Seminary is a United Methodist Church seminary in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1882.
History
Wesley Theological Seminary can trace its roots back to the 1881 meeting of the Methodist Protestant Church's Maryland Annua ...
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He was on the Editorial Advisory Board of the ''
Biblical Archaeology Review''.
Life
Buchanan was ordained an elder in the
United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelical ...
and pastored churches for fourteen years.
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Education
Buchanan earned his B.A. from Simpson College, his B.D. from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, his M.A. from Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
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, and his Ph.D. from Drew University.[
He was the recipient of several research grants: Horowitz Fellow, Scheuer Fellow, Rosenstiel Fellow, Association of Theological Schools Fellow, and Society of Biblical Literature Fellow.][
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Academic work
From 1960 to 1990 he worked as a professor at Wesley Theological Seminary, where he was appointed Professor Emeritus.
G. W. Buchanan was an author or editor of several books and was on the Editorial Committee and Editorial Advisory Board of the ''Biblical Archaeology Review''.
He has also collaborated at Logos Bible Software with, among other works, the ''George Wesley Buchanan Collection'' (9 vols.), where he is placed as a biblical scholar, one of the main defenders of intertextual criticism and one of the best Bible scholars of the 20th century.
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References
External links
* https://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random056/72076127.html
1921 births
2019 deaths
American biblical scholars
Wesley Theological Seminary
Methodist theologians
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