Shirley Jackson Case

The Reverend
Shirley Jackson Case
Born(1872-09-28)September 28, 1872
Hatfield Point, New Brunswick, Canada
DiedDecember 5, 1947(1947-12-05) (aged 75)
Lakeland, Florida, US
NationalityCanadian
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Baptist)
Academic background
Alma mater
Influences
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-disciplineEcclesiastical history
School or traditionTheological liberalism
Institutions

Shirley Jackson Case (1872–1947) was an historian of early Christianity, and a liberal theologian. He served as dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago.

Biography

Case was born on September 28, 1872, in Hatfield Point, New Brunswick. He received a BA (1893) and MA (1896) in mathematics from Acadia University.[2] He taught mathematics at the New Hampton Library Institute.[2] In 1904, he obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School and a Doctor of Philosophy degree[2] in 1908.[citation needed] He was professor of New Testament literature and interpretation at University of Chicago Divinity School until 1925.[2] In 1924, he served as president of the American Society of Church History[3] and, in 1926, served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis.[4]

Case is known for his research into the person of Jesus, who he argued was a historical person.[5]

He edited The American Journal of Theology and its successor The Journal of Religion. Case considered himself a historian of Christianity. He was drawn to liberal theology.[6] He was convinced that Jesus was an historical person and criticized the arguments of Christ myth theory proponents.[7]

He died on December 5, 1947, in Lakeland, Florida.[2]

Selected publications

Books

Papers

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Jesse 2005, p. 450.
  2. ^ a b c d e Jesse 2005, p. 449.
  3. ^ Kumar 2004, p. 50.
  4. ^ Attridge & VanderKam 2006, p. 345.
  5. ^ Case, Shirley Jackson (1912). The Historicity of Jesus: A Criticism of the Contention that Jesus Never Lived, a Statement of the Evidence for His Existence, an Estimate of His Relation to Christianity. The University of Chicago Press.
  6. ^ Jesse 2005.
  7. ^ Bowen 1912; Moffatt 1912; Weaver 1999, pp. 127–133.

Bibliography

  • Attridge, Harold W.; VanderKam, James C., eds. (2006). Presidential Voices: The Society of Biblical Literature in the Twentieth Century. SBL Biblical Scholarship in North America. Vol. 22. Atlanta, Georgia: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 978-1-58983-259-6.
  • Bowen, Clayton R. (1912). "Review of The Historicity of Jesus and the Gospels, by Shirley Jackson Case". The American Journal of Theology. 16 (3): 459–462. doi:10.1086/479101. ISSN 1550-3283. JSTOR 3154949.
  • Kumar, Lisa, ed. (2004). "Case, Shirley Jackson, 1872–1947". Contemporary Authors. Vol. 225. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Thomson Gale. pp. 50–51. ISSN 0010-7468.
  • Jesse, Jennifer G. (2005). "Case Shirley Jackson (1872–1947)". In Shook, John R. (ed.). Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Vol. 1. Thoemmes. pp. 449–452. ISBN 978-1-84371-037-0.
  • Moffatt, James (1912). "Review of The Historicity of Jesus, by Shirley Jackson Case". The Biblical World. 40 (3): 210–211. doi:10.1086/474640. ISSN 0190-3578. JSTOR 3141435.
  • Weaver, Walter P. (1999). The Historical Jesus in the Twentieth Century, 1900–1950. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Trinity Press International. ISBN 978-1-56338-280-2.

Further reading

  • Hynes, William J. (1981). Shirley Jackson Case and the Chicago School: The Socio-Historical Method. Scholars Press.
  • Jennings, Louis B. (1949). The Bibliography and Biography of Shirley Jackson Case. University of Chicago Press.
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Preceded by President of the Society of Biblical
Literature and Exegesis
1926 		Succeeded by