Background
Berkeley, James Percival was born on January 21, 1879 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Son of James Eli and Annie Louise (Means) Berkeley.
Berkeley, James Percival was born on January 21, 1879 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Son of James Eli and Annie Louise (Means) Berkeley.
Bachelor of Arts, Marietta (Ohio) College, 1905. Bachelor of Divinity, Newton Theological Institution, 1908. Postgraduate work at same institution, Free Church College, Glasgow, Scotland, Manchester University, England Manchester College (University of Oxford), and Harvard.
Doctor of Divinity, Colby College, 1922, also from Marietta College in 1935.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1908. Instructor New Testament department, 1909-1914, Turner fellow in England and Scotland, 1914-1915, assistant professor Old Testament and New Testament departments, 1915-1919. Instructor religious education Andover Newton Theological School, 1919-1951, professor Old Testament, 1942-1951, emeritus.
Member Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Grace Isabel Lane, October 28, 1908. Children: James Lane, Austin West, Flinor Grace.