Lloyd Gaston
Born
Morgantown, West Virginia
NationalityCanadian / Swiss
OccupationBiblical scholar
Academic background
EducationDoctor of Theology
Alma materUniversity of Basel
Academic work
DisciplineNew Testament scholar
Sub-disciplinePauline research
InstitutionsUnited Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Vancouver School of Theology
Main interestsTheology, New Testament
Notable worksPaul and the Torah

Lloyd Henry Gaston (2 December 1929[1] – 24 September 2006[2]) was a Canadian theologian, protestant biblical scholar,[3][4] associate professor, and professor emeritus of New Testament at Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[5] He also was a president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies and Pastor of United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.[6]

Biography

Gaston was born in Mongatown,[7] West Virginia. He was ordained in the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, in 1961, and served as Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Hamburg, New Jersey, till 1963.[3][6]

Marriage and children

His wife's name is Suzanne, his sons Johannes, Thomas Christopher.[2]

Death

Lloyd H. Gaston Jr. died on September 24, 2006.[2]

Education

Gaston graduated from the Horace Mann School at New York City.[1] In 1952 Gaston studied at Dartmouth College and earned his B.A. summa cum laude with distinction in Philosophy, and he was a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity.[6] He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1952 after taking a year off to study in France and Switzerland.[1] He served two years in the U.S. Army and then pursued graduate studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland.[1] With his dissertation No stone on another: studies in the significance of the fall of Jerusalem in the synoptic gospels, in 1967 Gaston earned his ThD summa cum laude at the University of Basel, Switzerland, in New Testament.[2] He also studied at Ulpan Ezion, Jerusalem, in 1970.[6]

Academic work

Teaching

Gaston had a 40-year academic career. From 1963 to 1973 he taught at the Department of Religion, Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and during this time he earned his ThD at the University of Basel.[6] From 1973 he was visiting professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. After Gaston taught in these colleges, in 1973 Gaston was called, and from 1973 to 1978 Gaston was Associate Professor of New Testament at Vancouver School of Theology. From 1978, Gaston was Professor of New Testament at Vancouver School of Theology until his retirement in 1995,[2] where he became emeritus professor.[6][8][9] As professor emeritus, he continued teaching.[2]

Canadian Society of Biblical Studies

From 1986 to 87 Gaston was president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies CSBS (or Société Canadienne des Études Bibliques SCÉB).[10]

Works

Thesis

Books

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Obituary Lloyd H. Gaston". Darmouth.org.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Remembering: Obituary Lloyd H. Gaston". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 2006-10-01. p. 142.
  3. ^ a b Alan T. Davies, ed. (2004). Anti-Semitism and the Foundations of Christianity. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781592444595.
  4. ^ Vincent L. Wimbush (1 January 1989). "Paul and the Torah by Lloyd Gaston. Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1987. 262 pp. $19.95". Theology Today. 45 (4): 501–503. doi:10.1177/004057368904500430. S2CID 170901152.
  5. ^ Calvin J. Roetzel; Janice Capel Anderson; Philip Sellew; Claudia Setzer, eds. (2002). Pauline Conversations in Context: Essays in Honor of Calvin J. Roetzel. Journal for the study of the New Testament: Supplement series; The Library of New Testament Studies. Vol. 221. A&C Black. ISBN 9781841272641.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Gaston, Lloyd" (PDF). Jewish-Christian Relations.
  7. ^ American Council of Learned Societies (1982). Directory of American Scholars. Vol. 4. Science Press. ISBN 9780835214766.
  8. ^ Tod Linafelt (2002). A Shadow of Glory: Reading the New Testament After the Holocaust. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781136805226.
  9. ^ Janice Capel Anderson; Philip Sellew; Claudia Setzer, eds. (2002). Pauline Conversations in Context: Essays in Honor of Calvin J. Roetzel. The Library of New Testament Studies. Vol. 221. A&C Black. ISBN 9780567262974.
  10. ^ "Executive: Past Presidents". Canadian Society of Biblical Studies CSBS. Retrieved 2021-08-05.

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