Sidney Jellicoe (25 August 1906 – 24 November 1973) was a British-Canadian dean

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, Harrold professor of Divinity, theological educator, and

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Biography

He was a scholar of

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. After being ordained by Archbishop William Temple in York Minster in 1934, he served as a parish priest in England for eleven years, then for eight years was Chaplain and Lecturer at Bishop Otter Training College, Chichester. In 1952, he became Dean of Divinity and Harrold Professor at

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, Lennoxville, Quebec. In 1966, he became Dean of Theology and in 1971 Dean Emeritus, as well as first Chairman of the Division of Graduate Studies.

Awards

In 1955,

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, Montreal, conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) and in 1970 Bishop's University granted him the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law.

Academic work

He was one of the founders of the

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(IOSCS) including Robert A. Kraft.

Published works

He also wrote a number of articles for learned journals, such as New Testament Studies and the ''

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''. In 1968, his definitive work on 20th century Septuagint studies was published by

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, entitled ''The Septuagint and Modern Study''. * * *

References

External links

Sidney Jellicoe's photograph
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jellicoe, Sydney 1906 births 1973 deaths Old Testament scholars Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham Academic staff of Bishop's University British university and college faculty deans Canadian university and college faculty deans British emigrants to Canada Doctors of Divinity 20th-century British male writers 20th-century Canadian male writers