Surburg in The Springfielder and Charles Lee Feinberg in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. īiblical Numerology received positive reviews from Raymond F. He has written 19 books, including Biblical Numerology: A Basic Study of the Use of Numbers in the Bible (1968) Conquest and Crisis: Studies in Joshua, Judges and Ruth (1969) The Birth of a Kingdom: Studies in I-II Samuel and I Kings 1-11 (1970) Moses and the Gods of Egypt: Studies in the Book of Exodus (1971) Mummies, Men, and Madness (1972) Contemporary Counterfeits (1973) Paradise to Prison: Studies in Genesis (1975) Demons, Exorcism, and the Evangelical (1977) and What About Cremation? A Christian Perspective. Interpreting the Psalms for Teaching and Preaching included contributions from Walter Kaiser and Eugene Merrill.ĭavis was a translator and contributor to the NIV Study Bible. In 2010, a Festschrift was published in his honor. GTS removed Whitcomb from his teaching position in 1990 Davis, then president of the seminary, said that Whitcomb had been a "source of division" at GTS, while Whitcomb attributed the falling out to doctrinal differences. He and Whitcomb were friends and colleagues at Grace Theological Seminary they co-authored the 1980 work A History of Israel: From Conquest to Exile. ĭavis was also a student of the creationist theologian John C. He told the Associated Press that, in his view, Freeman was a "good theologian" who knew the Bible well, but his uncompromising stance on faith healing and the seclusion of his congregation had "resulted in personal tragedy for several people". Davis published his account of visiting with Freeman and his congregation as a four-part series in the Warsaw Times-Union. Although he refused all media interviews, he agreed to speak informally with Davis in 1983. Freeman established his own congregation, the Faith Assembly, and became known as a proponent of faith healing who forbade his followers to receive medical treatment. ĭavis was a student of Hobart Freeman at Grace Theological Seminary until Freeman's firing in 1963. He was a signatory to the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. Baker, Davis is a proponent of "literal-day" creationism. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Near East Archaeological Society as of 1973, he was also a member of the American Schools of Oriental Research, the National Association of Professors of Hebrew, and the Christian fundamentalist Creation Research Society. His major archaeological interest is tombs and human remains. He worked as a senior supervisor on 13 archaeological digs in Israel and Jordan between 19. ĭavis has served as a pastor of two churches since his ordination. He was an executive vice president for six years and president for seven for both Grace College and GTS. Career ĭavis taught at Grace Theological Seminary from 1963 to 2003, offering courses in Old Testament, Hebrew and Archaeology. In 1968 he received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College of Florida. He did post-graduate work at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Near East School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. His doctoral degree was in Old Testament and Hebrew. Davis was ordained in the Grace Brethren Church in 1962. He studied at the Philadelphia Bible Institute in 1955, and in 1959 obtained a B.A. He was raised in southern New Jersey and attended Audubon High School. He was the President and Professor Emeritus at Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana.ĭavis was born in 1936 to Cathryn Ann and John James Davis. John James Davis (born 1936) is an American theologian, archaeologist, and Christian educator. Not to be confused with John Jefferson Davis.
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