About Elizabeth Achtemeier
Lived 1926 – 2002 (aged 75–76). Elizabeth Achtemeier was an academic and biblical scholar.
Elizabeth Rice Achtemeier (June 11, 1926 – October 25, 2002) was an American ordained Presbyterian minister, Bible professor, and author.
Early life and education Born Elizabeth Rice on June 11, 1926, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Achtemeier was raised in the Presbyterian Church (USA), in which her grandfather had been a minister. She had three older brothers. She completed undergraduate studies at Stanford University and studied at Union Theological Seminary in New York from 1948 until 1951. and against the church adopting female language for God.
Achtemeier wrote more than twenty books, as well as numerous articles, the majority focusing on the Old Testament and its use in Christian preaching.
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academic, biblical scholar (1926-2002)
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Elizabeth Achtemeier was born on 11 June 1926 in Bartlesville.
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Elizabeth Achtemeier died in 2002.
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Elizabeth Achtemeier was an academic and biblical scholar.
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