Henry Snyder Gehman

Background

Gehman, Henry Snyder was born on June 1, 1888 in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Christian Eberly and Amanda Minerva (Snyder) Gehman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1909 (first honors). Master of Arts, 1911, Doctor of Letters, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1913.

Student Dropsie College, 1921-1926.

Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Division School of Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1926, South.T.D., 1927. Student Divinity School, University of Chicago, summer 1922.

Career

Samuel East. Kidd), Henry Nevin. Teacher rural school and principal high school, Pennsylvania, 2 years. Ordained ministry Reformed Church in the United States, 1917.

Organized Tabor Reformed Church, Philadelphia, and pastor, July 1917-February 1921.

University research fellow, 1920-1929, and assistant in Sanskrit, University of Pennsylvania, 1920-1921. Instructor in Semitic languages, Princeton University, 1929-1935, lecturer in Semitic languages since 1935.

Instructor in New Testament Greek, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1930-1931, acting professor Old Testament, 1931-1934, professor Old Testament literature from 1934, department chairman Biblical Studies, from 1942. Representative American Schools of Oriental Research, from 1937.

Visiting professor of Old Testament and Theology, Presbyterian Theological Seminaries.

Achievements

• Henry Snyder Gehman has been listed as a noteworthy Orientalist, clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellowship, 1954.; Member American Oriental Society, Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Linguistic Society America, Pennsylvania German Folklore Society (president 1947-1948), Archaeological Institute American, Phi Beta Kappa, Philadelphia Oriental. Member Presbytery of New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Member of council on theological education.

Member editorial committee, Journal Biological Literature, 1948-1955. Member editorial committee and editor-in-chief Old Testament section Westminster Study Editorial. of Holy Bible, 1948.

Special editor of etymologies for second edition of Webster’s New International Dictionary. Contributing editor American Journal of Archaeology, 1932-1947.

Member editorial council, Theology Today.

Connections

Married Bertha West. Lausch, August 30, 1917. Children: Amanda Elizabeth (wife of Review.

Father:

Christian Eberly Gehman

Mother:

Amanda Minerva (Snyder) Gehman

Spouse:

Bertha West. Lausch

child:

Amanda Elizabeth (wife of Rev Gehman