Ralph H. Earle

Ralph H. Earle

Ralph H. Earle, Jr. (1908-1995) was a biblical scholar. [Jim Cameron, Eastern Nazarene College historian, refers to Earle as "Professor Ralph Earle, Jr." in 1941. His son is Ralph H. Earle, III. See James R. Cameron, "Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950", Nazarene Publishing House (1968), 321.] He was born in Dighton, Massachusetts on January 17, 1908. He died May 23, 1995, eleven days after suffering a stroke. [ [http://www.galaxie.com/article.php?article_id=5722 Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society: Memorials] ]

He authored and edited many scholarly articles and books, including several Bible commentaries. He served as a pastor in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Everett, Massachusetts while on faculty at alma mater Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts from 1933 to 1945. He was an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene.

Earle was founding Professor of New Testament at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri from 1945 to 1977 and served on the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version of the Bible. [ [http://www.beaconhillbooks.com/nphweb/html/bhol/contributor.jsp?contrib=1284&name=Ralph+Earle Beacon Hill Press information on Ralph Earle] ] [ [http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Authors/Author.htm?ContributorID=EarleR&QueryStringSite=Zondervan Zondervan on Ralph Earle] ] [ [http://www.anderson.edu/sot/about/Newell.pdf Newell Lectures in Biblical Studies at Anderson] ] Earle joined the Evangelical Theological Society as a charter member in 1950, served on the executive committee from 1958 to 1966, and was president in 1962.

Education

Earle completed his undergraduate work and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Nazarene College before earning his Master's degree from Boston University. He completed BD and ThD programs at Gordon Divinity School before pursuing postdoctoral studies at Edinburgh University in Scotland, Episcopal Theological School, and Harvard University. He also held an honorary D.D. from Eastern Nazarene. [ [http://www.moodypublishers.com/Publishers/default.asp?SectionID=DA0DB250205240A3B2D27CB97458709F&action=view_details&subid=C6BE1A5E8E1D352E616F1F201453CB22 Moody Publishers at Moody Bible Institute on Ralph Earle] . Honorary because ENC does not offer a Doctor of Divinity degree.]

Works

* "How We Got Our Bible"
* "Word Meanings in the New Testament"
* "Beacon Bible Commentary" (New Testament editor)
* "Wesleyan Bible Commentary" (New Testament editor)
* "Adam Clarke's Commentary", One-Volume Edition (editor/abridger)
* "Expositor's Bible Commentary" (contributor)

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