George E. Mendenhall
American Lutheran Old Testament scholar
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George E. Mendenhall's Degrees
- PhD Old Testament University of Chicago
- Doctorate Old Testament Princeton Theological Seminary
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, George Emery Mendenhall was an American Biblical scholar who taught at the University of Michigan's Department of Near Eastern Studies. Career Mendenhall graduated from Midland College in Nebraska in 1936, and from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in 1938. Mendenhall was first an ordained Lutheran minister, and during World War II he served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy. After the war, Mendenhall obtained a Ph.D. in Semitic languages from Johns Hopkins University and began a career in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical studies as well as related archeology. He was professor at the University of Michigan from 1952 to 1986. The University of Michigan honored Mendenhall by creating the "George E. Mendenhall Professor Emeritus of Ancient and Biblical Studies".
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