Background
Cook, Elmer Jay was born on August 20, 1901 in Howell, Michigan, United States. Son of Oscar George and Minnie Bell (Keitchen) Cook.
Cook, Elmer Jay was born on August 20, 1901 in Howell, Michigan, United States. Son of Oscar George and Minnie Bell (Keitchen) Cook.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1924. Bachelor of Divinity, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1927, Doctor of Philosophy, 1930; Bachelor of Letters, University of Oxford, 1929.
Bachelor of Science in Library Science, Columbia, 1940.
South.T.D. (honorary), Berkeley Divinity School, 1959.
C. (Mistress C.L.R. Pedersen). Ordained to priesthood, Episcopal Church, 1936. Librarian and professor New Testament, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1936-1948.
Professor New Testament, Berkeley Division School, New Haven, since 1948.
Member Society Biblical Literature.
Married Esther Linton Henning, September 21, 1924.