James_Hardy_Ropes

James Hardy Ropes

James Hardy Ropes

American theologian

James Hardy Ropes (September 3, 1866 – January 7, 1933) was an American theologian.[1][2] He graduated from Harvard College in 1889 and was an instructor there from 1895 to 1898 and an assistant professor until 1903.[3] Ropes was then appointed the Bussey Professor of New Testament criticism.[3] He occupied the Hollis Chair at Harvard Divinity School starting in 1910.[4] He was also the Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses and Dean of the University Extension.[5]

He led the funeral of Henry Bradford Endicott, for whom Ropes' boss, Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell, served as a pall bearer with Governors Calvin Coolidge and Samuel W. McCall.[6]

Works

Volume three of The Beginnings of Christianity was a presentation of Ropes' textual evidence for Acts.

References

  1. [1]
    McKim, Donald K (2007). Dictionary of major biblical interpreters. InterVarsity Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8308-2927-9.
  2. [2]
    JAMES HARDY ROPES (1866-1933)
  3. [3]
    "PROF WHITTEM MADE A HARVARD DEAN". Boston Daily Globe. June 10, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  4. [4]
    Quinquennial catalogue of the officers and graduate. Harvard University. 1920. p. 22.
  5. [5]
    Shinagel 2010.
  6. [6]
    "MANY LABOR MEN AT ENDICOTT FUNDERAL: Simple Services at Home of Clarence W.Barron Gov Coolidge and Ex-Gov McCall Head Honorary Bearers". Boston Daily Globe. February 16, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

Works cited

  • Shinagel, Michael (2010). The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910 - 2009. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674051355.
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