Peter H. Davids

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Canadian priest and religious scholar

Peter H. Davids

Born|  (1947-11-22) November 22, 1947 (age 77)

Syracuse, New York

Nationality| Canadian
Occupation| Catholic Priest
Spouse| Judith Lee (nee Bouchillon)
Academic background
Education| Wheaton College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Alma mater| Victoria University of Manchester (PhD)
Thesis| Themes in the Epistle of James that are Judaistic in Character (1974)
Doctoral advisor| The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen S. Smalley
Academic work
Discipline| Biblical studies
Sub-discipline| New Testament studies
Institutions| Regent College
Trinity (Episcopal) School for Ministry
Canadian Theological Seminary
Houston Baptist University
Ecclesiastical career
Religion| Christianity
Church| Anglican / Episcopal Church (United States) (1979-2014)
Roman Catholic (2014-)
Ordained| June 9, 1979 (Anglican deacon)
October 6, 1979 (Anglican priest)
October 31, 2014 (Catholic priest)

Congregations served

| Austin Avenue Chapel, Coquitlam (1983-1989)
St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Burquitlam (1983-1989)
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Regina (1989-1991)
St. Andrews Anglican Church, Langley (1993-1996)
All Saints Episcopal Church, Stafford (2004-2006, 2012-2014)
Anglican Parish of St. Stephen, St. Stephen (2007-2008)
St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Welshpool (2009-2010)

Peter Hugh Davids (born 22 November 1947) is a Canadian New Testament scholar[1] and Catholic priest. He retired as Professor of Christianity at Houston Baptist University.[2][dead link] He has also taught biblical studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Trinity (Episcopal) School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, and Canadian Theological Seminary in Regina, Saskatchewan.[3][4][dead link]

He has a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College (1968), a Masters in Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1971), and a Ph.D. from Victoria University of Manchester (1974). Davids is author of major commentaries on the Biblical books of James and 1 Peter. He was ordained a priest in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (i.e. Anglican use) in 2014.[5]

## Bibliography

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* Davids, Peter H. (1982). The Epistle of James: a commentary on the Greek text. NIGTC. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-82388-5. OCLC 8194492.
* ——— (1986). Suffering According to New Testament Teaching: a study in semantic differentation. Evangelical Theological Society Papers. Vol. ETS-0037. Evangelical Theological Society. OCLC 17252972.
* ——— (1990). The First Epistle of Peter. NICNT. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-82347-2. OCLC 21153974.
* ———; Martin, Ralph P., eds. (1997). Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0-8308-1779-5.
* ——— (1996). Hard Sayings of the Bible. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0-8308-1540-1.
* ——— (2006). The Letters of 2 Peter and Jude. PNTC. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-83726-4. OCLC 67383854.
* ——— (2011). 2 Peter and Jude: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. ISBN 978-1-602-58313-9. OCLC 693684156.
* ——— (2014). A Theology of James, Peter and Jude. Biblical Theology of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-29147-3. OCLC 874734096.

### Articles

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* ——— (2012). "What Glasses Are Your Wearing? Reading Hebrew Narratives Through Second Temple Lenses". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 55 (4): 763–771.
* ——— (2011). "God and the Human Situation in the Letter of James". Criswell Theological Review. 8 (2): 19–29.
* ——— (2009). "The Catholic Epistles as a Canonical Janus". BBR. 19 (3): 403–416.
* ——— (2004). "The Kingdom of God Come with Power". Criswell Theological Review. New Series. 2 (1): 15–33.
* ——— (1978). "The Meaning of άπείραστος in James I. 13". New Testament Studies. 24 (3): 386–392\. doi:10.1017/S0028688500004161. S2CID 170989497.
* ——— (1976). "The Poor Man's Gospel". Themelios. 1: 37–41.
* ——— (1980). "Theological Perspectives on the Epistle of James". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 23: 97–104.

## References

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1. ^ Trites, Alison A.; Larkin, William J. (4 November 2016). Luke, Acts. Tyndale House. p. 652\. ISBN 978-1414398914. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
2. ^ "Peter H. Davids - profile". InterVarsity Press. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
3. ^ "Peter H. Davids". worldcat.org. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
4. ^ "Theological Perspectives of Apostle James" (PDF). etsjets.org. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
5. ^ "Peter H. Davids - own profile". Peter H. Davids' website. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

## External links

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* Publisher's author profile[dead link]
* His St Paul's Center profile[dead link]

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