About William Hatch
Lived 1875 – 1972 (aged 97). William Hatch was an American theologian.
William Henry Paine Hatch (August 2, 1875 – November 11, 1972) was an American theologian and New Testament scholar.
Early life and education Hatch was born in Camden, New Jersey. He attended Harvard University, graduating in 1898 (Ph.D., 1904). Afterward, he graduated the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Hatch earned a Doctor of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a Doctor of Theology from the University of Strasbourg.
Career Hatch was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1902. He was Professor of the Literature and Interpretation of the New Testament at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hatch published many articles and reviews and was the author of The Pauline Idea of Faith (1917), and, with C. C. Edmunds, The Gospel Manuscripts of the General Theological Seminary (1918).
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Who was William Hatch?
American theologian
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William Hatch was born on 2 August 1875 in Camden.
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William Hatch died on 11 November 1972 in Randolph.
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William Hatch was a theologian.
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William Hatch was American.
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