P. G. George

The Reverend Doctor P. G. George MMTSC
Born	Paduthottu G. George (1952-10-08)8 October 1952 [1] Travancore Cochin, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	George Achen
Citizenship	Indian
Education	B.Sc. (Awadhesh), M.Sc. (Awadhesh), [2] M.Div. (Toronto), [2] Th.M. (Toronto), [2] Th.D. (Toronto) [2]
Alma mater	Government Science College, Rewa (India), Wycliffe College, Toronto [3] (Canada)
Occupation	Theologian
Parent	P. V. George [4]
Religion	Christianity
Church	Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
Ordained	23 April 1991
Congregations served	St. John's Mar Thoma Church, Queens, New York City (1992-1994 [5] ), Long Island Mar Thoma Church, Merrick, New York, (1992-1994 [6] ), Mar Thoma Church, Kolkata, (2002 [7] )
Offices held	Professor, Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam (2004) Principal, [8] Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth, Faridabad (-2014) Dean of Research, [8] South Asia Theological Research Institute, Serampore (2014-)
Title	Rev. Dr.

P. G. George (born 8 October 1952) is an Indian Old Testament scholar who was dean of studies at the South Asia Theological Research Institute, Serampore, West Bengal. ^{[9] [10] [1]}

Life

George's research works have been reviewed in the Toronto Journal of Theology ^[11] and the Elenchus of Biblica. ^[12] George researched on the Hebrew Bible using the methodology of Semantics which puts him among the Translation scholars in the line of Basil Rebera.^{[ citation needed ]}

George is a member ^[13] 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 P. Joseph Titus as its president for the biennium 2014–2016. Incidentally, George's teacher, Anthony Raymond Ceresko, OSFS was also a member of the Society for Biblical Studies, India. ^[13]

Concerning the scholarship of George, the Old Testament Guru, Fr. Anthony Raymond Ceresko, OSFS wrote, ^[14]

George's thorough analysis of the terms for "Rod" has brought to light important nuances of meaning in the Hebrew vocabulary, especially with regard to the principal words, מַטֶּה matteh and sḗbeṭ. The insights uncovered by Dr. George's work offer valuable information for scholars involved in Bible translation, Hebrew lexicography, and the study of the societal patterns in ancient Israel

Writings

Articles

• 1983, Saint Thomas Christians: Whence and Whither, ^[15]
• 2002, Towards An Immigrant Theology, ^[7]
• 2002, Plight of Urban Youth: A Practical Interpretation of 2 Kings 2, 23-25, ^[16]
• 2005, Immigrant Abraham’ on the Move: Towards an Immigrant Theology. ^[17]
• 2010, Re-defining the Mission: Proverbs as an 'Immigrant Theologian' and a Pastor, ^[18]
• 2012, An Immigrant Community at the Crossroads, ^[19]
• no date (Edited), Towards the First Holy Communion Day: An outline of the Mar Thoma Catechism, ^[20]

Books

Authored

- in Malayalam

• 2002, Snehatinte Neerchalukal, ^[21]
• 2006, Suvarna Mozhikal, ^[22]
• 2007, Krush: Kashtappedunna Manushante Prathyasha, ^[23]

- in English

• 2004, The Rod in the Old Testament: A Study of Vocabulary and Function ^[3]
• 2006, Cross: Hope of Suffering Humanity, ^[24]
• 2009, Towards the First Communion Day, ^[25]

Edited

- in Malayalam

• 2007 (co-edited with E. J. George Achen), Suvisheshathinte Kavalbhadan ^[26]
• 2007, Narachathala Sobayulla Kiridam, ^[27]
• 2010 (co-edited with Philipose Mar Chrysostom)Pradidina Chindakal, ^[28]

- in English

• 2015 (Edited), Theological Research in the Global South: Prospects and Challenges, ^[29]
• 2015 (Edited), Reclaiming manyness : re-reading M. M. Thomas in the light of Indian Christian theologies, ^[30]

Translated

• 2004, (Translated from Malayalam original), The Lord’s Prayers: A Devotional Study by Juhanon Mar Thoma , ^[31]

Commentaries

• 2015 (with Paul Swarup, CNI), Commentary on Exodus in South Asia Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary on the Whole Bible, ^[32]

Devotional audio

In 1999, ^[33] George provided the lyrics for the Malayalam devotional audio Yesuve Ninakkai with music composed by Senu Thomas ^[33] and sung by Vijay Yesudas and K J Yesudas. ^[33]

Education

India

George pursued graduate and postgraduate courses in Sciences at the Government Science College, Rewa in Madhya Pradesh and has both a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. ^[2] degree from the Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa.

Canada

George first enrolled at the Wycliffe College, Toronto for an M.Div. programme and continued his studies leading to postgraduation ^[14] studies at Wycliffe College, Toronto during 1983 ^[15] where he specialized in Old Testament supervised by Stanley Walters. ^[3]

He then enrolled for a doctoral programme his studies at Wycliffe College, where he was once again supervised by Stanley Walters. ^[3] George's doctoral thesis was entitled The Rod in the Old Testament: A Study of Vocabulary and Function . He received the Th.D degree in 1988. ^[34]

Ecclesiastical ministry

From 1992 to 1994, George was a Vicar at parishes in the New York City. ^{[5] [6]}

After returning from New York City, George began teaching Old Testament at the Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam along with Geevarghese Mathew, then Professor of Old Testament.

The Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth, Faridabad is an institution of the Mar Thoma Church affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University) whose first principal was the legendary Old Testament Scholar, K. V. Mathew who served from 2000 to 2002 followed by V. S. Varghese. During the later years, ^[35] George moved from Kottayam to Faridabad, where he became principal of the college and served in that capacity till 2014. ^[36]

In 2014, ^[8] George moved to Serampore where he was appointed Dean of Research at the South Asia Theological Research Institute where he used to guide doctoral-level researchers.

Academic offices
Preceded by Geevarughese Mathew	Professor of Old Testament, Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam, Kerala 1988-1992/2003-2007	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Principal, [8] Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, Haryana -2014 [8]	Succeeded by Koshy P. Varghese [8]
Preceded by H. Vanlalauva [37]	Dean of Research, [8] South Asia Theological Research Institute, Serampore, West Bengal 2014 [38] -2018	Succeeded by Limatula Longkumer [39]

References

1. Poemhunter
2. Senate of Serampore College (University), Directory of Teaching Staff.
3. 1 2 3 4 P. G. George, The Rod in the Old Testament: A Study of Vocabulary and Function, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004, pp.ix-x and back cover.
4. Thomas John Philip Nalloor, Church History for the month of September 2004. Kuwait City Mar Thoma Church.
5. 1 2 St. John's Mar Thoma Church, Queens, New York City, Parish History.
6. 1 2 Long Island Mar Thoma Church, Merrick, New York, About us - our Vicars.
7. 1 2 P. G. George, Towards An Immigrant Theology in Indian Journal of Theology , Volume 44, Issue 1 and 2, 2002, pp.1-8.
8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Annual Report 2014–2015, Dharma Jyoti Vidya Peeth, Faridabad, 2015
9. "Serampore College, Theology Department Administration". Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
10. Monica J. Melanchthon, Graduate Biblical Studies in India in Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Kent Harold Richards (Edited), Transforming Graduate Biblical Education: Ethos and Discipline, Society for Biblical Literature, Atlanta, 2010, pp.129-139.
11. Ellen White, Book Review of The Rod in the Old Testament in Toronto Journal of Theology , Volume 21, Issue 2, September 2005.
12. Elenchus of Biblica, Volume 21, Editrice Pontificio Istituto biblico, 2005, p.542.
13. 1 2 Fr. Max Gonsalves (Edited), Society for Biblical Studies in India Directory 1998, entry 60, page 20 (George); entry 25, page 16 (Ceresko).
14. Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Foreword in P. G. George, The Rod in the Old Testament: A Study of Vocabulary and Function, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004, p.vii and back cover.
15. 1 2 P. G. George, Saint Thomas Christians: Whence and Whither in Mar Thoma Messenger, Volume II, Number 1, June 1983, p.11, 23-24. Archived 15 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
16. P. G. George, Plight of Urban Youth: A Practical Interpretation of 2 Kings 2, 23-25 in Bible Bhashyam Volume XXVII, 2002, pp.672-681.
17. P. G. George, Immigrant Abraham’ on the Move: Towards an Immigrant Theology, in Bible Bhashyam, Volume XXXI, 2005, pp.18-26.
18. P. G. George, Re-defining the Mission: Proverbs as an 'Immigrant Theologian' and a Pastor, in Koshy P. Varughese (Edited), Challenges and Prospects of Mission in the Emerging Context - Essays to the memory of the Rev. Mathew Thomas, Dharma Jyoti Vidya Peeth, Faridabad, 2010, pp.42-53.
19. P.G. George, An Immigrant Community at the Crossroads, in IAMS Matters, Issue 5, 2012.
20. P. G. George, Towards the First Holy Communion Day: An outline of the Mar Thoma Catechism, Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth/Christava Sahithya Samithy, Faridabad/New Delhi. Archived 4 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
21. P. G. George, Snehatinte Neerchalukal (collection of Malayalam Poems), Christava Sahitya Samithy, Tiruvalla, 2002.
22. P. G. George, Suvarna Mozhikal, Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 2006.
23. P. G. George, Krush: Kashtappedunna Manushante Prathyasha, Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 2007.
24. P. G. George, Cross: Hope of Suffering Humanity, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2006.
25. P. G. George, Towards the First Communion Day, Dharma Jyoti Publications, Faridabad, 2009.
26. P. G. George, E. J. George Achen (Edited), Suvisheshathinte Kavalbhadan, CSS, 2007.
27. P. G. George (Edited), Narachathala Sobayulla Kiridam, 2007.
28. P. G. George, Philipose Mar Chrysostom (Edited), Pradidina Chindakal, Sixth Edition, Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 2010.
29. P. G. George (Edited), Theological Research in the Global South: Prospects and Challenges, SATHRI, Serampore, 2015. Archived 24 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
30. P. G. George, Y. T. Vinayaraj (Edited), Reclaiming manyness : re-reading M. M. Thomas in the light of Indian Christian theologies, SATHRI, Serampore, 2015.
31. P. G. George (Translated), The Lord’s Prayers: A Devotional Study by Juhanon Mar Thoma, Christava Sahitya Samithy, Tiruvalla, 2004.
32. South Asia Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary on the Whole Bible, Zondervan, 2015.
33. 1 2 3 Malayalam Music Movie Encyclopedia
34. University of Toronto Libraries
35. P. G. George, Annual Report 2009-2010, Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, 2010. ^[ permanent dead link ]
36. Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth bids farewell to outgoing Principal, faculty members, Faridabad, 22 May 2014. ^[ permanent dead link ]
37. Senate of Serampore College (University), Minutes of the Executive Committee, 5 November 2010, Kolkata, 2010, p.88.
38. Mohan Larbeer, BTESSC Secretary's Report 2014-2015, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, 2014, p.2.
39. Baptist Church of Mizoram, Academy of Integrated Christian Studies (AICS) Valedictory Service, 2018.