Gleason Archer

Gleason Leonard Archer (May 22, 1916 ? April 27, 2004) was a Biblical scholar, theologian, educator, and author. Dr. Archer graduated in 1938 with a B.A. from Harvard University (summa cum laude in Classics) and received an LL.B. from Suffolk Law School in 1939. In 1940 he received a masters degree (A.M.) and in 1944 he was awarded a doctorate (Ph.D.) at Harvard University, in Classics. Finally he received his doctorate (B.D.) from Harvard University's Princeton Theological Seminary in 1945.

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May 22 - 1916 - April 27 - 2004 - Theologian - Harvard University - Classics - Suffolk Law School - Princeton Theological Seminary

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Dr. Archer served as a Pastor of Park Street Church in Boston from 1945 to 1948. He then became a Professor of Biblical Languages at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California from 1948 to 1965. From 1965 - 1986 he served as a Professor of Old Testament and Semitics at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He became an emeritus faculty member in 1989. The remainder of his life was spent researching and writing, lecturing, and sharing his knowledge with others.

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Park Street Church - Fuller Theological Seminary - Old Testament - Semitics - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School - Emeritus

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In addition, Dr. Archer and was one of the fifty original translators of the NASB published in 1971. He also worked on the team which translated the NIV Bible published in 1978.

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NASB - 1971 - NIV - 1978

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His defense of the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy by proposing harmonisations and exegesis regarding alleged contradictions in the Bible made Archer a well known Bible inerrantist. Dr. Archer believed ?One cannot allow for error in history-science without also ending up with error in doctrine.? http://www.frontlinemin.org/resurrection.asp He was very critical of the documentary hypothesis which denies the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch. http://www.equip.org/free/DW035.htm

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Biblical inerrancy - Harmonisations - Exegesis - Documentary hypothesis - Mosaic - Pentateuch

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