Ezra Palmer Gould
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Ezra Palmer Gould was a Baptist
and later, Episcopalian
, minister, He graduated Harvard University in 1861 and subsequently served in the Civil War. He entered the ministry in 1868. His commentary on the Gospel of Mark
continued to be reprinted in the International Critical Commentary series.
He attended Harvard University
, graduating in 1861, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was married Sept. 1, 1868 to Jenny M. Stone, and had two children, Herbert Shelton and Edith Parker.
when he was wounded in the left hand and arm, losing his little finger.
, a Baptist
seminary, graduating three years later, and immediately becoming professor of New Testament Literature and Interpretation, a position which he held until 1882. In 1889, he assumed a similar position at the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School
, which he held for nine years, and was ordained into the Episcopalian priesthood on Feb. 18, 1891.
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
and later, Episcopalian
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
, minister, He graduated Harvard University in 1861 and subsequently served in the Civil War. He entered the ministry in 1868. His commentary on the Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Mark
The Gospel According to Mark , commonly shortened to the Gospel of Mark or simply Mark, is the second book of the New Testament. This canonical account of the life of Jesus of Nazareth is one of the three synoptic gospels. It was thought to be an epitome, which accounts for its place as the second...
continued to be reprinted in the International Critical Commentary series.
Early Life, Family, and Education
Ezra Palmer Gould was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Feb. 27, 1841 to S.L. Gould and Frances Ann Shelton Gould.He attended Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, graduating in 1861, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was married Sept. 1, 1868 to Jenny M. Stone, and had two children, Herbert Shelton and Edith Parker.
Military service
Shortly after his graduation, he enlisted as a private in the 24th Massachusetts Volunteers. He was promoted to corporal shortly thereafter. His regiment participated in the Battle of New Bern, and was stationed there for nine months. During this time, he received news of his brothers death at Antietam. He was commissioned to Second Lieutenant of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteers on Oct. 15, 1863, then to Captain of the 59th Massachusetts Volunteers. Commanding the 55th, he was wounded at the Battle of the WildernessBattle of the Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Both armies suffered heavy casualties, a harbinger of a bloody war of attrition by...
when he was wounded in the left hand and arm, losing his little finger.
Seminary Education and Work
Upon leaving his military service in 1865, he entered Newton Theological InstitutionAndover Newton Theological School
Andover Newton Theological School is a graduate school and seminary located in Newton, Massachusetts. It is America's oldest graduate seminary and the nation's first graduate institution of any kind...
, a Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
seminary, graduating three years later, and immediately becoming professor of New Testament Literature and Interpretation, a position which he held until 1882. In 1889, he assumed a similar position at the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School
Episcopal Divinity School
The Episcopal Divinity School is a seminary of the Episcopal Church based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Known throughout the Anglican Communion for prophetic teaching and action on issues of civil rights and social justice, its faculty and students have been directly involved in many of the social...
, which he held for nine years, and was ordained into the Episcopalian priesthood on Feb. 18, 1891.
Pastorates
- Old Cambridge Baptist ChurchOld Cambridge Baptist ChurchOld Cambridge Baptist Church is an historic Baptist church at 398 Harvard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The congregation was founded in 1844 when several members of First Baptist Church in Cambridge decided to start a new church. The original meeting house was sold to the Congregationalists...
- 1868-? - Berean Baptist Church (Burlington, Virginia) - 1884-1888
- St. George's Church, New YorkSt. George's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)St. George's Episcopal Church is a historic church located at 209 East 16th Street at Rutherford Place, on Stuyvesant Square in Manhattan, New York City. Called "one of the first and most significant examples of Early Romanesque Revival church architecture in America", the church exterior was...
- 1898-1900
Articles
- "Notes on John 17," Baptist Quarterly, July, 1874
- "New Testament Use of σάρξ, Flesh," Bibliotheca SacraBibliotheca SacraBibliotheca Sacra is the theological journal published by Dallas Theological Seminary. First published in 1844, it is the oldest theological journal in the United States. It originally was published by Union Theological Seminary in 1843, moved to Andover Theological Seminary in 1844, to Oberlin...
, January, 1875 - "Doctrinal Contents of Christ's Teachings in the Synoptical Gospels," Baptist Quarterly, June, 1877
- "Doctrine of the Epistle of James," Bibliotheca SacraBibliotheca SacraBibliotheca Sacra is the theological journal published by Dallas Theological Seminary. First published in 1844, it is the oldest theological journal in the United States. It originally was published by Union Theological Seminary in 1843, moved to Andover Theological Seminary in 1844, to Oberlin...
, October, 1878 - "Paul's Doctrine of Sin," Baptist Review, July, 1880
- "Note on I Corinthians 7:15," Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1881
- "Christianity in Business," Proceedings of Baptist Autumnal Conference, 1883
- "Romans 9-11," Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1883
- "Matthew 12:43-45," Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1883
- "The True Church," Andover ReviewAndover ReviewThe Andover Review was a religious and theological periodical published from 1884 to 1893. It defined itself as standing for "thoroughly progressive orthodoxy," and was contributed to primarily from the ranks of the faculty of Andover Theological Seminary...
, Jan, 1888 - "Defects of the Congregational Polity," Andover ReviewAndover ReviewThe Andover Review was a religious and theological periodical published from 1884 to 1893. It defined itself as standing for "thoroughly progressive orthodoxy," and was contributed to primarily from the ranks of the faculty of Andover Theological Seminary...
, 1889 - "Literary Character of St. Paul's Letters," Old and New Testament Student, Aug.-Sept., 1890
- "Positive Gains of the Higher Criticism," Church Congress Papers, 1890
- "The Evils of Division," Church Unity Society, 1891
- "Anomalies of the New Testament literature," Journal of Biblical LiteratureJournal of Biblical LiteratureThe Journal of Biblical Literature is one of three theological journals published by the Society of Biblical Literature .First published in 1881, JBL is the flagship journal of the field...
, 1892 - "St. Paul and the Twelve," Journal of Biblical LiteratureJournal of Biblical LiteratureThe Journal of Biblical Literature is one of three theological journals published by the Society of Biblical Literature .First published in 1881, JBL is the flagship journal of the field...
, 1899 - "The New Testament Alexandrians," Methodist Review, Sep.-Oct, 1899
- "The Alexandrian Gospel," Journal of Biblical LiteratureJournal of Biblical LiteratureThe Journal of Biblical Literature is one of three theological journals published by the Society of Biblical Literature .First published in 1881, JBL is the flagship journal of the field...
, 1900
Books
- Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians (1887)
- A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to St. Mark (1896)
- The Biblical Theology of the New Testament (1900)