Dwight Marion Beck

Dwight Marion Beck also in the spelling variant Dwight M. Beck (born July 2, 1893 in Adrian , Lenawee County , Michigan , † August 30, 1993 in Jamesville , Onondaga County , New York ) was an American clergyman of the Methodist Church , educator and biblical scholars .

Life

Family and education

The out Adrian in State originating Michigan Dwight Marion Beck, son of Jonas Marion Beck and his spouse Hallie Agnes born Clement, in 1918 acquired the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts at Syracuse University . He then turned to the study of theology at Boston University to, where he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1922 a 1928 doctorate he became PhD . Dwight Marion Beck completed additional courses from 1922 to 1924 at Harvard Divinity School .

Dwight Marion Beck married Mildred Jean nee Lugg on June 28, 1918. From this connection came the son Charles and the daughter Janice Barton. Dwight Marion Beck died in 1993 at the age of 100 in Jamesville, New York State.

Professional background

Dwight Marion Beck began his career as a teacher in 1912 at Mount Morris Public School , New York. After he had resigned from this service in 1914, he took a position as Supply Pastor at the Rockefeller Memorial Methodist Church in Syracuse , New York in 1916 . Beck, who had also been Professor of History at Cazenovia College since 1918 , moved the following year as a minister to the Congretional Church in Nahant , Massachusetts . Beck, a member of the Methodist Church, was ordained minister in 1921 .

Dwight Marion Beck moved to Alliance , Ohio , in 1924 , where he was appointed Professor of English Bible at Mount Union College. In 1930 Beck followed Syracuse University's call to a professorship of Bible . Dwight Marion Beck, who also headed the Department of Bible and Religion there from 1933 to 1959 , retired in 1964 . In the following years he was employed as a foreign student adviser .

Dwight Marion Beck, one of the leading biblical scholars in the USA of his time, was a member of the American Association of University Professors , the National Association of Biblical Instructors , the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis , the American Schools of Oriental Research , the Phi Beta Kappa , the Phi Kappa Phi , the Teta Chi Beta and the Theta Alpha .

Fonts

• The influence of Pauline theology in the Gospel of Matthew, 1928
• [Review of] Luke the Evangelist, in: Journal of the National Association of Biblical Instructors, volume IV n1, National Association of Biblical Instructors, Wolcott, NY, 1936, p. 52.
• Torrey's Aramaic Gospels, in: Journal of the American Academy of Religion, volume V n1, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Ga., 1937, pp. 42-43.
• together with Edwin Prince Booth: New Testament studies: critical essays in New Testament interpretation, with special reference to the meaning and worth of Jesus, Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, New York, 1942
• The Teacher of Religion in Higher Education, in: Journal of Bible and Religion, volume XVII n2, National Association of Biblical Instructors, Somerville, NJ, Apr. 1949, pp. 91-97
• The Bible, in: Journal of the American Academy of Religion, volume XIX n2, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Ga., 1951, pp. 95, 96.
• [Review of] The Beginning of the Gospel, in: Journal of Bible and Religion, volume XIX n2, National Association of Biblical Instructors, Somerville, NJ, Apr. 1951, pp. 95-96.
• The Interpreter's Bible, in: Journal of the American Academy of Religion, volume XX n1, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Ga., 1951, pp. 23-26.
• Through the Gospels to Jesus , Harper, New York, 1954
• Book Notices, in: Journal of the American Academy of Religion, volume XXV n1, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Ga., 1957, pp. 82, 83.
• [Review of] The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians and to Philemon, in: Journal of Bible and Religion, volume XIX n2, National Association of Biblical Instructors, Somerville, NJ, Oct. 1957, pp. 359-362.
• The Never-Ending Quest for the Historical Jesus, in: Journal of the American Academy of Religion, volume XXIX n3, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Ga., 1961, pp. 227-231.
• Biblical Interpretation, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, volume XXX n3, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Ga., 1962, pp. 95, 96

literature

• Julius Caesar Schwarz: Who's who in the clergy: volume 1: 1935-36, New York, 1936, p. 85.
• Julius Caesar Schwarz: Religious Leaders of America, volume 2, 1941-42, The editor, New York, 1941, p. 72.
• Clinton Talmage Howell: Prominent Personalities in American Methodism, volume I, The Lowry Press, Birmingham, Ala., 1945, p. 22.
• John William Leonard, William Frederick Mohr, Winfield Scott Downs, Frank R. Holmes, Herman Warren Knox: Who's who in New York City and State, volume XI, LR Hamersly Co., New York, 1947, p. 66.
• National Association of Biblical Instructors, American Academy of Religion: Journal of Bible and Religion, volume XXV., National Association of Biblical Instructors, Somervile, NJ, 1957, pp. 98, 182.
• William Freeman Galpin, Richard Wilson, Oscar Theodore Barck: Syracuse University: The critical years, in: Volume III of Syracuse University, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York, 1984, p. 265.
• Who was who in America. : volume X, 1989–1993 with world notables, Marquis Who's Who A Reed Reference Publishing Company, New Providence, New Jersey, 1993, p. 23.