William Hatch (theologian)

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William Hatch
Born
William Henry Paine Hatch

August 2, 1875
DiedNovember 11, 1972 (aged 97)
Academic background
EducationHarvard University (AB, PhD)
Union Theological Seminary (DDiv)
University of Strasbourg (DTh)
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineBiblical studies

William Henry Paine Hatch (August 2, 1875 – November 11, 1972) was an American theologian and New Testament scholar.

Early life and education[edit]

Hatch was born in Camden, New Jersey. He attended Harvard University, graduating in 1898 (Ph.D., 1904). Afterward, he graduated the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Hatch earned a Doctor of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a Doctor of Theology from the University of Strasbourg.

Career[edit]

Hatch was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1902. He was Professor of the Literature and Interpretation of the New Testament at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hatch published many articles and reviews and was the author of The Pauline Idea of Faith (1917), and, with C. C. Edmunds, The Gospel Manuscripts of the General Theological Seminary (1918).[1]

Works[edit]

Thesis[edit]

  • Hatch, William H. P. (1925). The idea of faith in Christian literature from the death of Saint Paul to the close of the second century (D.Théol.). Strasbourg: Imprimerie alsacienne & Univ. de Strasbourg. OCLC 5050877.

Books[edit]

  • ———; Edmunds, Charles C. (1918). Gospel Manuscripts of the General Theological Seminary. Harvard Theological Studies. Vol. 4. pp. 7, 50–68.[2]
  • ——— (1939). The Principal Uncial Manuscripts of the New Testament. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. OCLC 3971505.[3]
  • ——— (1946). An album of dated Syriac manuscripts. Monumenta palaeographica vetera, 2nd ser. Boston, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences. OCLC 5050876.[4]
  • ——— (1951). Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 797558.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lucas Van Rompay, Hatch, William Henry Paine (1875–1972) Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition 2011.
  2. ^ "The Gospel Manuscripts of the General Theological Seminary - online". Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Hatch, William Henry Paine (1939). "The Principal Uncial Manuscripts of the New Testament - online". Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Hatch, William Henry Paine (2002). An album of dated Syriac manuscripts - online. ISBN 9781931956536. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  5. ^ Hatch, William Henry Paine (1951). "Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament - online". Retrieved May 16, 2019.