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'''David Allan Hubbard '''(April 8, 1928–June 7, 1996) was the 3rd President of [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] and an Old Testament scholar. Under his leadership, Fuller became the world's largest multidenominational seminary and an important center for mainstream evangelical thought.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/16/us/david-a-hubbard-68-is-dead-bible-expert-and-seminary-head.html |title=David A. Hubbard, 68, Is Dead; Bible Expert and Seminary Head - The New York Times |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=1996-06-16 |access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref>
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'''David Allan Hubbard ''' was the 3rd President of [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] and Old Testament scholar. Under his leadership, Fuller became the world's largest multidenominational seminary and an important center for mainstream evangelical thought.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/16/us/david-a-hubbard-68-is-dead-bible-expert-and-seminary-head.html |title=David A. Hubbard, 68, Is Dead; Bible Expert and Seminary Head - The New York Times |website=Nytimes.com |date=1996-06-16 |accessdate=2017-04-18}}</ref>
== Education and early career ==
Native Californian Hubbard earned a B.A. from [[Westmont College]] in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] and [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] and [[Master of Theology|Th.M.]] from Fuller. He went to [[University of St Andrews|St. Andrews University]] in Scotland for his doctoral work, where he wrote a dissertation on ''The literary sources of the [[Kebra Nagast]]''.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=The literary sources of the Kebra Nagast|url=https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/544|publisher=University of St Andrews|date=1956|degree=Ph.D.|language=en|first=David Allan|last=Hubbard|hdl=10023/544 }}</ref>

Hubbard taught at Westmont College from 1957 to 1963 and quickly became the chair of the department of biblical studies and philosophy.<ref name=":0" />

== Presidency at Fuller==
At the age of 35 in 1963, Hubbard became president and chancellor of Fuller Theological Seminary. He was also appointed as a professor of the Old Testament. He served in that role for 30 years, during which the seminary added a School of Psychology and a School of World Mission (now called the School of Intercultural Studies) to its original School of Theology and experienced the growth in enrollment and influence that led it to identify itself as the world's largest interdenominational seminary.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1996/july15/6t866b.html|title=Obituary: Ex-Fuller President David Hubbard Dies|date=July 15, 1996|website=ChristianityToday.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> He led the seminary through several controversial decisions, including opening an Office of Women's Concerns, mandating use of inclusive language, and changing the wording in the seminary's statement of faith with respect to [[biblical inerrancy]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/findingaids/3/|title=COLLECTION 0150: David Allan Hubbard: Presidential Papers, 1947-1996|date=2017|website=Fuller Seminary Archives and Special Collections|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref>

David’s leadership enabled the seminary to grow from 300 students in the 1960s to over 3,500 in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-11-me-13749-story.html | title=Obituaries : David A. Hubbard; Headed Fuller Seminary | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=11 June 1996 }}</ref>

== Other activities ==
Hubbard authored 36 books, including four commentaries on books of the Old Testament. He was a general editor of the [[Word Biblical Commentary]] series at the time of his death.<ref name=":0" />

Hubbard was an ordained Baptist minister. He succeeded [[Charles E. Fuller (Baptist minister)|Charles E. Fuller]] as speaker on ''The Joyful Sound'' radio program, which evolved from the ''Old Fashioned Revival Hour'' broadcast following Fuller's death.<ref>{{cite book|first=Rudy|last=Atwood|title=The Rudy Atwood Story|publisher=Revell|year=1970|location=Old Tappan, New Jersey|oclc=90745|pages=121}}</ref> He served on the California Board of Education from 1972 to 1975.<ref name=":2" />


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David Allan Hubbard
3rd President of Fuller Theological Seminary
In office
1963–1993
Preceded byEdward John Carnell
Succeeded byRichard Mouw
Personal details
BornApril 8, 1928
Stockton, California
DiedJune 7, 1996
Santa Barbara, California
SpouseRuth Doyal Hubbard
Alma materWestmont College (B.A.)
Fuller Theological Seminary (M.Div.)
St. Andrews University (Ph.D.)

David Allan Hubbard (April 8, 1928–June 7, 1996) was the 3rd President of Fuller Theological Seminary and an Old Testament scholar. Under his leadership, Fuller became the world's largest multidenominational seminary and an important center for mainstream evangelical thought.[1]

Education and early career[edit]

Native Californian Hubbard earned a B.A. from Westmont College in Santa Barbara and B.D. and Th.M. from Fuller. He went to St. Andrews University in Scotland for his doctoral work, where he wrote a dissertation on The literary sources of the Kebra Nagast.[2]

Hubbard taught at Westmont College from 1957 to 1963 and quickly became the chair of the department of biblical studies and philosophy.[1]

Presidency at Fuller[edit]

At the age of 35 in 1963, Hubbard became president and chancellor of Fuller Theological Seminary. He was also appointed as a professor of the Old Testament. He served in that role for 30 years, during which the seminary added a School of Psychology and a School of World Mission (now called the School of Intercultural Studies) to its original School of Theology and experienced the growth in enrollment and influence that led it to identify itself as the world's largest interdenominational seminary.[3] He led the seminary through several controversial decisions, including opening an Office of Women's Concerns, mandating use of inclusive language, and changing the wording in the seminary's statement of faith with respect to biblical inerrancy.[3][4]

David’s leadership enabled the seminary to grow from 300 students in the 1960s to over 3,500 in the 1990s.[5]

Other activities[edit]

Hubbard authored 36 books, including four commentaries on books of the Old Testament. He was a general editor of the Word Biblical Commentary series at the time of his death.[1]

Hubbard was an ordained Baptist minister. He succeeded Charles E. Fuller as speaker on The Joyful Sound radio program, which evolved from the Old Fashioned Revival Hour broadcast following Fuller's death.[6] He served on the California Board of Education from 1972 to 1975.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "David A. Hubbard, 68, Is Dead; Bible Expert and Seminary Head - The New York Times". The New York Times. 1996-06-16. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  2. ^ Hubbard, David Allan (1956). The literary sources of the Kebra Nagast (Ph.D. thesis). University of St Andrews. hdl:10023/544.
  3. ^ a b "Obituary: Ex-Fuller President David Hubbard Dies". ChristianityToday.com. July 15, 1996. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  4. ^ a b "COLLECTION 0150: David Allan Hubbard: Presidential Papers, 1947-1996". Fuller Seminary Archives and Special Collections. 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Obituaries : David A. Hubbard; Headed Fuller Seminary". Los Angeles Times. 11 June 1996.
  6. ^ Atwood, Rudy (1970). The Rudy Atwood Story. Old Tappan, New Jersey: Revell. p. 121. OCLC 90745.
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