G. M. Butterworth is an

Old Testament The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...

scholar who taught at the

United Theological College, Bangalore United Theological College (UTC) is an ecumenical Mainline Protestant, mainline seminary founded in 1910. It is situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological Unive ...

from 1972 through 1978K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997'', Bangalore, 1997. and later on moved to TAFTEE in

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

and finally to

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where he continued to bring out the message of the

Writings

Books

*1987, ''Understanding Old Testament History Today (Joshua-Esther)'',G. M. Butterworth, ''Understanding Old Testament History Today (Joshua-Esther)'', Swindon, Bible Society, England, 1987. Cited in ''Light for My Path: Gleanings from Scripture'', Tyndale House, Wheaton, 2006, p.19

/ref> * 1989, ''The Structure of the Book of Zechariah'', * 1992, ''Structure and the Book of Zechariah'', * 2003, ''Leviticus and Numbers: A Bible Commentary for Every Day'',

Articles

*undated, ''The Revelation of the Divine Name?'', *1978, ''You Pity the Plant : A Misunderstanding'',B. M. Butterworth, ''You Pity the Plant : A Misunderstanding'' in ''

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'', Volume 27, Issue 1, January–March, 1978, pp.32-3

/ref> *1985, ''Evidence for the Prosecution'',

Notes

*1997, ''A note on rhm'' in New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis,Richard D. Patterson, ''A Great God Of Grace And Compassion''
/ref> *1997, ''A note on nḥm'' in New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis,

Teaching

Butterworth joined the

in the year 1972 when

Joshua Russell Chandran Joshua Russell Chandran (1918–2000) was an Indian Christian theologian, who served as President of Senate of Serampore College, Bengal (1970–1), and as President of the United Theological College, Bangalore (1954–83), and was for some yea ...

was its Principal. The period was eventful as the

seminary A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as cle ...

as it had a few

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specializing in

studies who include, * 1970–1973,

Timotheas Hembrom Timotheas Hembrom (31 July 1939 – 18 August 2020) was an ordained Minister of the Church of North India and an Old Testament Scholar who taught at the Bishop's College, Kolkata, affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Seram ...

Bishop’s College, Calcutta Bishop's College, Calcutta is an Anglican educational establishment founded on 15 December 1820 at Sibpur by Thomas Fanshawe Middleton the first bishop of the Anglican diocese of Calcutta. The College was started in Shibpur, on the west bank ...

, * 1970–1973,

Basil Rebera Basil A. Rebera (1935–2021) was an Old Testament Scholar and a Translation Consultant with the United Bible Societies focusing on translations of the Bible the world over. As a contributor to scholarly research, Rebera's writings have been r ...

of the

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, * 1971–1973, G. Babu Rao who was entrusted by the

with the OT

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translation, * 1972–1974, S. J. Theodore of the

Church of South India The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of Protestant denominations in South India that occurred after the independence of India. With a membership of over 4.5 million, it ...

, Diocese of Karimnagar, * 1972–1975,

Nitoy Achümi N. K. Achümi was''Nagaland Post'', BSI Dmu auxiliary releases Pochury Bible, 26 September 2014./ref> a Bible Translator who was Translations Advisor with the United Bible Societies and was based in Nagaland. As a Linguist, Achümi was involved ...

, also associated with the

in its

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translation, * 1975–1977, R. Daniel Premkumar, associated with the

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, * 1976–1978, D. Dhanaraj, taught at the

Karnataka Theological College Karnataka Theological College ''(founded in 1847)'' is an ecumenical seminary catering to the Kannada-speaking students wishing to pursue the priestly vocation. KTC is located in Mangaluru of Karnataka in South India, and is affiliated to the na ...

, * 1977–1979, J. Bhaskar Jeyaraj of South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies When Butterworth began teaching at the

in 1972 in

, his colleague was E. C. John and a year later in 1973, they were joined by

Gerhard Wehmeier Gerhard Wehmeier (1935–2009) was an Old Testament Scholar hailing from Germany from the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck. Wehmeier taught Old Testament at the United Theological College, Bangalore from 1973 through 1978.K. M. Hi ...

, a notable

scholar and the three of them led the

scholarship in

. While this was so, the

studies in

Serampore College Serampore College is located in Serampore, in West Bengal, India. Established in 1818, it is the fourth oldest college in the country after Old Seminary, Kottayam (Established 1815), CMS College, Kottayam and Presidency College in Kolkata, a ...

Serampore Serampore (also called Serampur, Srirampur, Srirampore, Shreerampur, Shreerampore, Shrirampur or Shrirampore) is a city in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Srirampore subdivision. It is a part ...

were led by the notable

Scholar, John D. W. Watts and G. Babu Rao who had by then moved to

to begin his teaching.''The Story of Serampore and its College'', Council of Serampore College, Serampore (Fourth Edition), 2005, p.92. Incidentally, it was Butterworth who guided the graduate thesis of

John Sadananda Bishop Emeritus John S. Sadananda (born 24 September 1949) was the Master of Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore College (University), the nation's first University ')'' with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter ...

, the present Master of the

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.John S. Sadananda, ''A Comparative Study of the Form and Content of the

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and of

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Vachanagalu'', B. D. Thesis, 1974, available at the Archives in the library of

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References

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