Douglas R. A. Hare is a naturalized American professor and writer. He was born March 22, 1929, in Simcoe, Ontario

Simcoe, Ontario

Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada located near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County....

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Douglas R. A. Hare is the author of many books, articles and essays concerned with both the Old and New testaments

New Testament

The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 and the Modern Christian Church. Hare’s books are among the finest in Christian exegesis and critical Christian thought available and include “Matthew” for the well known "Interpretation" series; “The Son of Man”; “Mark,” and “Chapters in the Life of Paul.” Fluent in Biblical Greek

Koine Greek

Koine Greek is the universal dialect of the Greek language spoken throughout post-Classical antiquity , developing from the Attic dialect, with admixture of elements especially from Ionic....

, Latin, and Hebrew, Hare has researched original Biblical Codex and manuscripts from around the world.

Hare's academic positions are numerous and include Teaching Fellow

Teaching assistant

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, at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, founded in 1794, is a graduate theological institution associated with the Presbyterian Church USA. It is located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and houses one of the largest theological libraries in the nation...

; Director of Continuing Education

Continuing education

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; Instructor in New Testament; Assistant Professor of New Testament; Associate Professor of New Testament; Full Professor of New Testament; Installed as first incumbent of the William F. Orr Chair in New Testament, he was named William F. Orr Professor of New Testament Emeritus upon his retirement. He teaches an occasional course on New Testament at Bangor Theological Seminary in Bangor, Maine

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...

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Hare graduated in 1951 with a B.A. from Victoria College

Victoria University in the University of Toronto

Victoria University is a constituent college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1836 and named for Queen Victoria. It is commonly called Victoria College, informally Vic, after the original academic component that now forms its undergraduate division...

, University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 (Honors Philosophy and English); 1954 M.Div, from Emmanuel College

Emmanuel College

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, Victoria University

Victoria University in the University of Toronto

Victoria University is a constituent college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1836 and named for Queen Victoria. It is commonly called Victoria College, informally Vic, after the original academic component that now forms its undergraduate division...

, Toronto, where he was awarded the Sanford Gold Medal in Divinity, and Traveling Fellowship. Dr Hare then earned a Masters of Sacred Theology at Union Theological Seminary

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...

, New York, going on to earn a Doctor of Theology

Doctor of Theology

Doctor of Theology is a terminal academic degree in theology. It is a research degree that is considered by the U.S. National Science Foundation to be the equivalent of a Doctor of Philosophy....

 (Dr. Theol.) from that institution in 1965. Dr. Hare became a citizen of the United States in 1961.

Hare is a former teacher and close friend of the Maine author and essayist W. Sumner Davis

W. Sumner Davis

W. Sumner Davis is an Irish-American, educator, counselor and author. He was born in 1960 in Waterville, Maine. Born William Sumner Davis, Jr., he is the author of several books on social and science history including the controversial ‘‘Heretics,’’ the natural history primer Losing Faith and the...

, Dr. Hare is retired and lives on the Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

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