The Reverend Doctor P. G. George MMTSC |
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Born |
Paduthottu G. George 8 October 1952Kerala, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | George Achen |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | B.Sc., M.Sc.,M.Div.,Th.M.,Th.D. |
Alma mater | Government Science College, Rewa, Wycliffe College, Toronto |
Occupation | Theologian |
Parent(s) | P. V. George |
Religion | Christianity |
Church | Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church |
Ordained | 23 April 1991 |
Congregations served
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St. John's Mar Thoma Church, Queens, New York City (1992-1994), Long Island Mar Thoma Church, Merrick, New York, (1992-1994), Mar Thoma Church, Kolkata, (2002) |
Offices held
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Professor, Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam (2004) Principal, Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth, Faridabad (-2014) Dean of Research,South Asia Theological Research Institute, Serampore (2014-) |
Title | Rev. Dr. |
Paduthottu G. George
P. G. George (born 8 October 1952) is an Indian Old Testament Scholar who is presently Dean of Studies at the South Asia Theological Research Institute, Serampore, West Bengal.
As an Old Testament Scholar, George's research works have been reviewed in the Toronto Journal of Theology and the Elenchus of Biblica. George researched on the Hebrew Bible using the methodology of Semantics which puts him among the Translation scholars in the line of Basil Rebera.
George is a member of the Society for Biblical Studies, India which has been a scholarly fellowship for Biblical scholars of the Protestant, Orthodox, Catholic, and Charismatic Churches since the past fifty years and has attended the biennial conclave of the Society for Biblical Studies, India in 2014 held at Bangalore which elected Fr. P. Joseph Titus as its President for the biennium 2014-2016. Incidentally, George's Guru, Fr. Anthony Raymond Ceresko, OSFS was also a member of the Society for Biblical Studies, India.
Concerning the scholarship of George, the Old Testament Guru, Fr. Anthony Raymond Ceresko, OSFS wrote,