Theodore N. Swanson

Theodore N. Swanson, an ordained Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is an Old Testament Scholar. Swanson taught Old Testament at the United Theological College, Bangalore,[6] India.[7]

The Reverend Doctor Theodore N. Swanson ELCA
Born	Theodore Norman Swanson[1] United States
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Education	B.A., S.T.M., M.A., Ph.D.[2]
Alma mater	Augustana College, Andover Newton Theological School, Vanderbilt University[2]
Occupation	Pastor and Teacher
Religion	Christianity
Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Grand Canyon Synod)[3]
Congregations served	Chicago and Boston[4]
Offices held	Teacher - in - Old Testament, United Theological College, Bangalore (1979-1994)[5]
Title	The Reverend Doctor

Swanson's writings on the canon of the Old Testament has gathered scholarly reviews. In 2000, Stephen B. Chapman, an Old Testament Scholar at the Duke Divinity School has substantially referred to the work of Swanson.[8]

Writings

• 1970, The closing of the collection of Holy Scriptures: A study in the history of the canonization of the Old Testament,[1]
• 1982, When the time had fully come : a study of the intertestamental period,[9]
• 1982, The Apocalyptic Scriptures,[10]
• 1986 (with Terence Y. Mullins), The kings of Israel,[11]
• 1993, Christianity and World Religions: A Biblical Understanding,[12]
• 2012, Augustana's Biblical Heritage,[13]
• 2013, Preacher as Teacher,[5]

Studies

Swanson studied at the Augustana College graduate first in 1950[14] and again in 1954.[4] Swanson also studied at the Andover Newton Theological School[2] and at the Vanderbilt University[15] for further theological studies.[1]

Teaching

Starting in the 1980s, Swanson taught Old Testament at the United Theological College, Bangalore. Among the postgraduate students who specialized in Old Testament and taught at seminaries elsewhere were,

• 1978-1980, Geevarghese Mathew,[7] MMTSC, at the Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam,
• 1979-1981, G. D. V. Prasad, CSI, at the Bishop’s College, Calcutta,
• 1980-1982, D. Jones Muthunayagom,[7] CSI, at the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai and later at United Theological College, Bangalore,
• 1980-1982, James Vijayakumar,[7] at the United Theological College, Bangalore,
• 1981-1983, Mani Chacko, CSI, at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai,
• 1985-1987, M. Prithvi Raju,[7] AELC, at the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Seminary in Rajahmundry,
• 1986-1988, Ch. Victor Moses, AELC, at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai,
• 1986-1988, N. V. Luther Paul,[7] AELC, at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad,
• 1987-1989, D. John Samuel Ponnusamy,[7] CSI, at the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai,
• 1987-1989, J. R. John Samuel Raj,[7] CSI, at the Kerala United Theological Seminary, Trivandrum and later at the United Theological College, Bangalore,

Academic offices
Preceded by G. M. Butterworth, Gerhard Wehmeier	Teacher - in - Old Testament United Theological College, Bangalore 1979-1994[5]	Succeeded by D. N. Premnath

References

1. T. N. Swanson, The closing of the collection of Holy Scriptures: A study in the history of the canonization of the Old Testament, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1970.
2. Almanac
3. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Grand Canyon Synod, Synodical staff.
4. The Augustana Heritage Newsletter, Volume 7, Number 1, Fall 2010, p.14. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. T. N. Swanson, Preacher as Teacher in Vinod Victor (Edited), Preaching in the 21st century: Towards a New Homiletics - Fetschrift to P. Surya Prakash, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2013, pp.44-57.
6. Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Renewed denominational cooperation needed to testify to the truth today as Jesus taught it, preacher says, 2012.
7. K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997.
8. Stephen B. Chapman, The Law and the Prophets: A Study in Old Testament Canon Formation, Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen, 2000, pp.34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 86, 137, 273, 279, 320, 326,
9. T. N. Swanson, When the time had fully come : a study of the intertestamental period, Parish Life Press, Philadelphia, 1982.
10. T. N. Swanson, The Apocalyptic Scriptures in The Journal of Dharma, Volume 8, July 1982, p.314. Cited in Robert L. Thomas, ‘’Revelation Exegetical Commentary – 2 Volume Set, Moody Publishers, Chicago, 2016.
11. T. N. Swanson, Terence Y. Mullins, The kings of Israel, Parish Life Press, Philadelphia, 1986.
12. T. N. Swanson, Christianity and World Religions: A Biblical Understanding in The Bulletin of the Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies, Volume 12, 1993.
13. T. N. Swanson, Augustana's Biblical Heritage in Augustana Heritage Association, 2012.
14. Augustana College, Alumni 1932-1950.
15. Vanderbilt University, Donors 2015-2016.

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