Jack P. Lewis

Jack P. Lewis
Jack P. Lewis
Born	March 13, 1919; Midlothian, Texas, U.S.
Died	July 24, 2018 (aged 99); Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Professor of Bible
Academic background
Education	B.A., M.A., S.T.B., Ph.D., Ph.D.
Alma mater	Harvard University, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Thesis	"An Introduction to the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs." "A Study of the Interpretation of Noah and the Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature." (Harvard 1953, Hebrew Union 1962.)
Academic work
Institutions	Harding School of Theology
Main interests	History of the English Bible, Biblical Archaeology

Jack Pearl Lewis (March 13, 1919 – July 24, 2018) was an American Bible scholar affiliated with the Churches of Christ.^[1]^[2]^[3] He earned a Ph.D. in New Testament from Harvard University in 1953 and a Ph.D. in Old Testament from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1962. For 50 years, Lewis taught Bible and biblical languages first at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and then at Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was named professor emeritus upon his retirement. He authored over 223 articles in scholarly and church publications and published more than twenty-five books. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 24, 2018, at the age of 99.^[4]

^ Harold Hazelip, "A Dean's Tribute to Jack P. Lewis," in Biblical Interpretation: Principles and Practices: Studies in Honor of Jack Pearl Lewis, ed. F. Furman Kearley, Edward P. Myers, and Timothy D. Hadley (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1986), 17-18. ISBN 0801054729.
^ Eddie Cloer, "Editor's Preface," in Biblical Archaeology: A Supplement, 2 vols., ed. Eddie Cloer, Truth for Today Commentary (Searcy, AR: Resource Publications, 2015-2016), 2:viii. ISBN 0945441541.
^ Don L. Meredith, "Forward," in As I Remember It: An Autobiography, by Jack P. Lewis (Nashville, TN: Gospel Advocate, 2012), 9-10. ISBN 0892255986.
^ Jack P. Lewis Obituary

[1] Harold Hazelip, "A Dean's Tribute to Jack P. Lewis," in Biblical Interpretation: Principles and Practices: Studies in Honor of Jack Pearl Lewis, ed. F. Furman Kearley, Edward P. Myers, and Timothy D. Hadley (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1986), 17-18. ISBN 0801054729.

[2] Eddie Cloer, "Editor's Preface," in Biblical Archaeology: A Supplement, 2 vols., ed. Eddie Cloer, Truth for Today Commentary (Searcy, AR: Resource Publications, 2015-2016), 2:viii. ISBN 0945441541.

[3] Don L. Meredith, "Forward," in As I Remember It: An Autobiography, by Jack P. Lewis (Nashville, TN: Gospel Advocate, 2012), 9-10. ISBN 0892255986.

[4] Jack P. Lewis Obituary

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Jack P. Lewis
Born	March 13, 1919 Midlothian, Texas, U.S.
Died	July 24, 2018 (aged 99) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Professor of Bible

Academic background
Education	B.A., M.A., S.T.B., Ph.D., Ph.D.
Alma mater	Harvard University, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Thesis	"An Introduction to the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs." "A Study of the Interpretation of Noah and the Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature." (Harvard 1953, Hebrew Union 1962.)
Academic work
Institutions	Harding School of Theology
Main interests	History of the English Bible, Biblical Archaeology