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Peter H. Davids | |
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Born | Syracuse, New York | November 22, 1947
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] 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]
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]