Darrell Jennings Doughty (June 24, 1936 – May 22, 2009) was an American biblical scholar who taught New Testament and Early Christianity at Drew Theological Seminary for 35 years. Doughty is associated with the revival of Dutch radicalism, along with Hermann Detering (Germany) and Robert M. Price.[1] He was an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church.

Darrell Doughty
Born
Darrell Jennings Doughty

June 24, 1936
DiedMay 22, 2009 (aged 72)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS)
San Francisco Theological Seminary (MDiv)
University of Göttingen (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineBiblical criticism
New Testament

Early life and education

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Born in Twin Falls, Idaho, Doughty moved to Oakland, California at an early age, and graduated from Fremont High School in 1954. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1958, he studied theology at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, where he earned a Master of Divinity in 1962. In 1965, he obtained a doctorate from the University of Göttingen, where he had been a student of Hans Conzelmann.

Career

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Before moving to Madison, New Jersey, in 1969, Doughty taught New Testament theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and at Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College). During his career at Drew Theological Seminary, he became the editor of Drew's publication Gateway Magazine, and the associate editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism. He retired to Portland, Maine, in 2004.[2]

Writing

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References

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  1. ^ Robert M. Price, The Pre-Nicene New Testament: Fifty-four Formative Texts, (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2006), p. 1182; see also William O. Walker, Jr, Interpolations in the Pauline Letters (Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement Series, vol. 213; London and New York: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001), pp. 57-58.
  2. ^ "Darrell J. Doughty Obituary". Portland Press Herald. May 31, 2009.
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