Felix Wilbur Gingrich (27 September 1901 – 19 October 1993) was an American educator, scholar of Biblical Greek, and Christian layman who spent his entire career working with students at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. Gingrich published many books and articles, including a definitive translation of a Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament.
Gingrich was born on September 27, 1901 in Annville, Pennsylvania, the son of the Rev. Felix Moyer Gingrich and his wife, Minnie (Shiffer) Gingrich. Gingrich had two brothers, Wendell and Newell, and a sister, Esther. On March 28, 1929 he married Lola Engel and they had three children, John, Barbara and Carolsue. Lola Gingrich died on March 24, 1984. Gingrich died in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 19, 1993, and is buried in Forest Hills Memorial Park in Reiffton, Pennsylvania.
Education
Gingrich attended the Northeast High School in Philadelphia. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Lafayette College in 1923. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa while at the school. After doing research work at the University of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1925, he went to the University of Chicago where he received his master’s and doctorate degrees in 1927 and 1932 respectively. Gingrich’s doctoral dissertation, carried out in the Department of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, was entitled Paul’s Ethical Vocabulary, a treatise on the language and style of Saint Paul’s letters.
Teaching
After graduation from Lafayette College in 1923, Gingrich was hired by Schuylkill College, Reading, Pa., as an assistant professor, teaching Greek, Latin, German, and the Bible. Schuylkill College was an institution of the Evangelical Church, newly reunited from the United Evangelical Church and the Evangelical Association. In 1928, it was decided to merge with Albright College at Myerstown with Schuylkill College. The merged institution became Albright College, located on the Schuylkill campus in Reading. Gingrich became Professor of Greek and head of the Classical Languages Department, a position he held until his retirement in 1972.
Research
In the fall of 1949, Gingrich was granted a leave of absence to work on a new Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament, translating and adapting the work of Walter Bauer’s Greek-German lexicon in collaboration with William F. Arndt. The work actually took 5 ½ years. Gingrich returned to his teaching duties in February 1955.
The 1957 publication of the first edition of A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature: Translation and Adaptation of Walter Bauer's Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der übrigen urchristlichen Literatur, fourth revised and augmented edition, 1952 was the first lexicon since the 1880s and was internationally recognized. In 1979, Gingrich and Frederick William Danker produced a second English edition from Bauer’s 5th German edition. In 1965, Gingrich published the Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. Danker revised this in 1983 and that version was the basis of the Portuguese translation by Júlio P. T. Zabatiero.
In addition to his work on the lexicon, Gingrich published many articles and book reviews, some of which are listed in the list of selected works.
In 1956, the centennial year of the founding of Albright College and its predecessors, Gingrich and Dr. Eugene Barth wrote A History of Albright College, 1856-1956. Barth later updated and continued the work in Discovery and Promise: A History of Albright College, 1856-1981.
Awards and recognition
At a retirement dinner in 1972, Gingrich was cited for his contributions to education and his research on New Testament Greek. A Festschrift was published in his honor that year. The library at Albright College was renamed the F. Wilbur Gingrich Library in May 1980.[1] The college awarded him an honorary doctor of letters in 1983. In addition to international recognition for his years of work, he also received many awards and prizes honoring his research and teaching.
Selected bibliography
Books
Arndt, William, F. Wilbur Gingrich, John R. Alsop, and Walter Bauer. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature; A Translation and Adaptation of Walter Bauer's Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch Zu Den Schriften Des Neuen Testaments Und Der Übringen Urchristlichen Literatur, 4th Rev. and Augm. Ed., 1952. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957.
Arndt, William, F. Wilbur Gingrich, Frederick W. Danker, and Walter Bauer. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature: A Translation and Adaptation of the Fourth Revised and Augmented Edition of Walter Bauer's Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch Zu Den Schriften Des Neuen Testaments Und Der Übrigen Urchristlichen Literatur. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979.
Barth, Eugene Howard, and F. Wilbur Gingrich. Discovery and Promise : A History of Albright College, 1856-1981. Reading, Pa: Albright College, 1989.
Barth, Eugene Howard, Ronald Edwin Cocroft, Irvin W. Batdorf, and F. Wilbur Gingrich. Festschrift to Honor F. Wilbur Gingrich Lexicographer, Scholar, Teacher, and Committed Christian Layman. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1972.
Gingrich, F. Wilbur, Eugene Howard Barth, and Ronald Edwin Cocroft. Festschrift to Honor F. Wilbur Gingrich, Lexicographer, Scholar, Teacher, and Committed Christian Layman. Leiden: Brill, 1972.
Gingrich, F. Wilbur, and Eugene Howard Barth. A History of Albright College, 1856-1956. Reading, Pa: Albright College, 1956.
Gingrich, F. Wilbur. [thesis] Paul's Ethical Vocabulary. 1932.
Gingrich, F. Wilbur, and Walter Bauer. Griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der übrigen urchristlichen Literatur, and Arndt, William. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature. Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
Gingrich, F. Wilbur, Walter Bauer, and William Arndt. Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
Gingrich, F. Wilbur, Frederick W. Danker, Júlio Paulo Tavares Zabatiero, and Walter Bauer. Léxico do Novo Testamento grego/português. São Paulo, [Brasil]: Sociedade Religiosa Edições Vida Nova, 1984.
Articles
Gingrich, F. Wilbur. "Ambiguity of Word Meaning in John's Gospel." The Classical Weekly 37.7 (1943): 77.
---, "The Classics and the New Testament." Anglican Theological Review 15.4 (1933): 300-4.
---, "The Contributions of Professor Walter Bauer to New Testament Lexography." New Testament Studies 9 (1962): 300-4.
---, "The Greek New Testament as a Landmark in the Course of Semantic Change." Journal of Biblical Literature 73.4 (1954): 189-96.
---, "Mayor Shirk of Reading." Church and Home 2 (1965): 12-5.
---, "New Testament Lexography and the Future." Journal of Religion 25.3 (1945): 179-182.
---, "Prolegomena to a Study of the Christian Element in the Vocabulary of the New Testament and Apostolic Fathers." Search the Scriptures : New Testament Studies in Honor of Raymond T. Stamm. Ed. Jacob Martin Myers, Otto Reimherr, and Howard N. Bream. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1969. [173]-178.
---, The Words Paul Coined." Anglican Theological Review 17.4 (1935): 234-6.
Reviews
Gingrich, F. Wilbur. "Aux Sources de la Tradition Chrétienne: Mélanges Offerts à M. Maurice Goguel." The Journal of Religion 31.4 (1951): 300-1.
---. "A Beginning Greek Book: Based on the Gospel According to Mark." Journal of Bible and Religion 15.1 (1947): 61-2.
---. "Eight American Praxapostoloi." Journal of Bible and Religion 9.2 (1941): 117-8.
---. "The Formation of Christian Dogma." Journal of Bible and Religion 27.3 (1959): 251
---. “Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der Übrigen Urchristlichen Literatur." Journal of Biblical Literature 72.3 (1953): 196-7.
---. "Hellenistic Greek Texts." Journal of Bible and Religion 15.4 (1947): 258-60.
---. "An Introduction to the New Testament; Einleitung in Das Neue Testament." The Classical Weekly 31.15 (1938): 147-8.
---. “Lexicon Athanasianum, Fascs. 1-4 (A. Theos)." The Journal of Religion 31.3 (1951): 230.
---. “The Lord's Supper in Protestantism." Journal of Bible and Religion 14.4 (1946): 233.
---. “The Origins of the Gospels." The Classical Weekly 32.13 (1939): 152-3.
---. “The Silent Billion Speak." Journal of Bible and Religion 13.3 (1945): 170-1.
---. “Theologie und Geschichte des Judenchristentums." Journal of Bible and Religion 18.3 (1950): 199-200.
---. "Le Vocabulaire Chrétien de l'Amour Est-Il Original?" Journal of Biblical Literature 88.1 (1969): 107-8.
---. “Zur Typologie des Johannesevangeliums; Ergazesthai (Apc 18:17, Hes 48:18, 19). Die Wurzel SAP im NT und AT. Zwei Beiträge zur Lexikographie der Griechischen Bibel; the Ascension of the Apostle and the Heavenly Book (King and Saviour III)." Journal of Bible and Religion 19.4 (1951): 224-5.
^"LION: About the Library: F. Wilbur Gingrich". library.albright.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
Sources
Barth, Eugene Howard. "A Tribute to F. Wilbur Gingrich." The Albright Reporter (1994): 11.
Cocroft, Ronald Edwin. "Reminiscences." The Albright Reporter (1994): 11-2.
"Dr. F. Wilbur Gingrich, Albright Professor Emeritus." Reading Eagle Oct 21, 1993: 23.
Malko, Kristin A. "R. F. Wilber [sic] Gingrich : An Honored Man." The Albrightian November 5, 1993: 1,3.
"The Rev. Felix M. Gingrich." The Telescope-Messenger (1958): 14.
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Felix Wilbur Gingrich 27 September 1901 19 October 1993 was an American educator scholar of Biblical Greek and Christian layman who spent his entire career working with students at Albright College in Reading Pennsylvania Gingrich published many books and articles including a definitive translation of a Greek English lexicon of the New Testament F Wilbur GingrichBornFelix Wilbur Gingrich 1901 09 27 September 27 1901Annville Pennsylvania USDiedOctober 19 1993 1993 10 19 aged 92 Reading Pennsylvania USOccupationAcademicAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of Chicago MA PhD Lafayette College BA Academic workDisciplineClassical languagesSub disciplineNew Testament scholarInstitutionsAlbright College Contents 1 Personal life 2 Education 3 Teaching 4 Research 5 Awards and recognition 6 Selected bibliography 6 1 Books 6 2 Articles 6 3 Reviews 7 See also 8 References 9 SourcesPersonal life EditGingrich was born on September 27 1901 in Annville Pennsylvania the son of the Rev Felix Moyer Gingrich and his wife Minnie Shiffer Gingrich Gingrich had two brothers Wendell and Newell and a sister Esther On March 28 1929 he married Lola Engel and they had three children John Barbara and Carolsue Lola Gingrich died on March 24 1984 Gingrich died in Reading Pennsylvania on October 19 1993 and is buried in Forest Hills Memorial Park in Reiffton Pennsylvania Education EditGingrich attended the Northeast High School in Philadelphia He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Lafayette College in 1923 He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa while at the school After doing research work at the University of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1925 he went to the University of Chicago where he received his master s and doctorate degrees in 1927 and 1932 respectively Gingrich s doctoral dissertation carried out in the Department of New Testament and Early Christian Literature was entitled Paul s Ethical Vocabulary a treatise on the language and style of Saint Paul s letters Teaching EditAfter graduation from Lafayette College in 1923 Gingrich was hired by Schuylkill College Reading Pa as an assistant professor teaching Greek Latin German and the Bible Schuylkill College was an institution of the Evangelical Church newly reunited from the United Evangelical Church and the Evangelical Association In 1928 it was decided to merge with Albright College at Myerstown with Schuylkill College The merged institution became Albright College located on the Schuylkill campus in Reading Gingrich became Professor of Greek and head of the Classical Languages Department a position he held until his retirement in 1972 Research EditIn the fall of 1949 Gingrich was granted a leave of absence to work on a new Greek English lexicon of the New Testament translating and adapting the work of Walter Bauer s Greek German lexicon in collaboration with William F Arndt The work actually took 5 years Gingrich returned to his teaching duties in February 1955 The 1957 publication of the first edition of A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature Translation and Adaptation of Walter Bauer s Griechisch Deutsches Worterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der ubrigen urchristlichen Literatur fourth revised and augmented edition 1952 was the first lexicon since the 1880s and was internationally recognized In 1979 Gingrich and Frederick William Danker produced a second English edition from Bauer s 5th German edition In 1965 Gingrich published the Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament Danker revised this in 1983 and that version was the basis of the Portuguese translation by Julio P T Zabatiero In addition to his work on the lexicon Gingrich published many articles and book reviews some of which are listed in the list of selected works In 1956 the centennial year of the founding of Albright College and its predecessors Gingrich and Dr Eugene Barth wrote A History of Albright College 1856 1956 Barth later updated and continued the work in Discovery and Promise A History of Albright College 1856 1981 Awards and recognition EditAt a retirement dinner in 1972 Gingrich was cited for his contributions to education and his research on New Testament Greek A Festschrift was published in his honor that year The library at Albright College was renamed the F Wilbur Gingrich Library in May 1980 1 The college awarded him an honorary doctor of letters in 1983 In addition to international recognition for his years of work he also received many awards and prizes honoring his research and teaching Selected bibliography EditBooks Edit Arndt William F Wilbur Gingrich John R Alsop and Walter Bauer A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature A Translation and Adaptation of Walter Bauer s Griechisch Deutsches Worterbuch Zu Den Schriften Des Neuen Testaments Und Der Ubringen Urchristlichen Literatur 4th Rev and Augm Ed 1952 Chicago University of Chicago Press 1957 Arndt William F Wilbur Gingrich Frederick W Danker and Walter Bauer A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature A Translation and Adaptation of the Fourth Revised and Augmented Edition of Walter Bauer s Griechisch Deutsches Worterbuch Zu Den Schriften Des Neuen Testaments Und Der Ubrigen Urchristlichen Literatur Chicago University of Chicago Press 1979 Barth Eugene Howard and F Wilbur Gingrich Discovery and Promise A History of Albright College 1856 1981 Reading Pa Albright College 1989 Barth Eugene Howard Ronald Edwin Cocroft Irvin W Batdorf and F Wilbur Gingrich Festschrift to Honor F Wilbur Gingrich Lexicographer Scholar Teacher and Committed Christian Layman Leiden E J Brill 1972 Gingrich F Wilbur Eugene Howard Barth and Ronald Edwin Cocroft Festschrift to Honor F Wilbur Gingrich Lexicographer Scholar Teacher and Committed Christian Layman Leiden Brill 1972 Gingrich F Wilbur and Eugene Howard Barth A History of Albright College 1856 1956 Reading Pa Albright College 1956 Gingrich F Wilbur thesis Paul s Ethical Vocabulary 1932 Gingrich F Wilbur and Walter Bauer Griechisch deutsches Worterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der ubrigen urchristlichen Literatur and Arndt William Greek English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament Chicago University of Chicago Press 1965 Gingrich F Wilbur Walter Bauer and William Arndt Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament Chicago University of Chicago Press 1965 Gingrich F Wilbur Frederick W Danker Julio Paulo Tavares Zabatiero and Walter Bauer Lexico do Novo Testamento grego portugues Sao Paulo Brasil Sociedade Religiosa Edicoes Vida Nova 1984 Articles Edit Gingrich F Wilbur Ambiguity of Word Meaning in John s Gospel The Classical Weekly 37 7 1943 77 The Classics and the New Testament Anglican Theological Review 15 4 1933 300 4 The Contributions of Professor Walter Bauer to New Testament Lexography New Testament Studies 9 1962 300 4 The Greek New Testament as a Landmark in the Course of Semantic Change Journal of Biblical Literature 73 4 1954 189 96 Mayor Shirk of Reading Church and Home 2 1965 12 5 New Testament Lexography and the Future Journal of Religion 25 3 1945 179 182 Prolegomena to a Study of the Christian Element in the Vocabulary of the New Testament and Apostolic Fathers Search the Scriptures New Testament Studies in Honor of Raymond T Stamm Ed Jacob Martin Myers Otto Reimherr and Howard N Bream Leiden E J Brill 1969 173 178 The Words Paul Coined Anglican Theological Review 17 4 1935 234 6 Reviews Edit Gingrich F Wilbur Aux Sources de la Tradition Chretienne Melanges Offerts a M Maurice Goguel The Journal of Religion 31 4 1951 300 1 A Beginning Greek Book Based on the Gospel According to Mark Journal of Bible and Religion 15 1 1947 61 2 Eight American Praxapostoloi Journal of Bible and Religion 9 2 1941 117 8 The Formation of Christian Dogma Journal of Bible and Religion 27 3 1959 251 Griechisch Deutsches Worterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der Ubrigen Urchristlichen Literatur Journal of Biblical Literature 72 3 1953 196 7 Hellenistic Greek Texts Journal of Bible and Religion 15 4 1947 258 60 An Introduction to the New Testament Einleitung in Das Neue Testament The Classical Weekly 31 15 1938 147 8 Lexicon Athanasianum Fascs 1 4 A Theos The Journal of Religion 31 3 1951 230 The Lord s Supper in Protestantism Journal of Bible and Religion 14 4 1946 233 The Origins of the Gospels The Classical Weekly 32 13 1939 152 3 The Silent Billion Speak Journal of Bible and Religion 13 3 1945 170 1 Theologie und Geschichte des Judenchristentums Journal of Bible and Religion 18 3 1950 199 200 Le Vocabulaire Chretien de l Amour Est Il Original Journal of Biblical Literature 88 1 1969 107 8 Zur Typologie des Johannesevangeliums Ergazesthai Apc 18 17 Hes 48 18 19 Die Wurzel SAP im NT und AT Zwei Beitrage zur Lexikographie der Griechischen Bibel the Ascension of the Apostle and the Heavenly Book King and Saviour III Journal of Bible and Religion 19 4 1951 224 5 See also EditBauer s Lexicon Walter BauerReferences Edit LION About the Library F Wilbur Gingrich library albright edu Retrieved 2022 04 08 Sources EditBarth Eugene Howard A Tribute to F Wilbur Gingrich The Albright Reporter 1994 11 Cocroft Ronald Edwin Reminiscences The Albright Reporter 1994 11 2 Dr F Wilbur Gingrich Albright Professor Emeritus Reading Eagle Oct 21 1993 23 Malko Kristin A R F Wilber sic Gingrich An Honored Man The Albrightian November 5 1993 1 3 The Rev Felix M Gingrich The Telescope Messenger 1958 14 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title F Wilbur Gingrich amp oldid 1092724250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
