Larry D. George
Larry D. George, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation
School of Divinity, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC.
Pathways Associate Professor of African American Biblical Faith and History, Bluffton
University, Bluffton, OH (2005 to 2009); Member of the Interim Administrative
Team (2001 to 2004), Academic Dean and Assistant Professor of Biblical
Literature and Language, Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, OH (1999 to
2004). He received a Ph.D., in New Testament and Hebrew Bible, Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, TN, 1997; M.A., Biblical Studies, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN, 1994; M.Div., Biblical Studies, San Francisco Theological
Seminary, San Anselmo, CA, 1990; M.Div., Biblical Studies and Systematic
Theology, Spring Valley Bible College and Seminary, Alameda, CA, 1986; and
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 1979.
His publications include: Blount, Brian, Cain Hope Felder, Clarice J. Martin,
Emerson Powell, eds. True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament
Commentary: Larry D. George, I and II Peter, and Jude (Fortress Press, 2007);
Reading the Tapestry: A Literary-Rhetorical Analysis of the Johannine
Resurrection Narrative (John 20-21) (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2000);
What Does it Mean to be Black and Christian? (Nashville, Townsend Press,
1999),). He presented the following papers: Strangers in a Strange and Hostile
Land: Slave Conversion Experiences and the Audience of I Peter," April 2007
Colloquium Lecture for the Bluffton University Research Center Grant;
"Encountering the New Millennium: Prior Achievements, Current Challenges, and
Projected Trends in African-American Biblical Hermeneutics," Respondent, SBL
Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 1999; and, "Jesus' First Appearance to
Mary Magdalene: A Literary-Rhetorical Reading of John 20:14-18," SBL Southwest
Region, Knoxville, TN, March 1998. He also served in the following positions:
the Divinity School's Graduate Assistant Writing Tutor, Vanderbilt University;
Nashville, TN, 1991-1998; the Project Consultant, Kelly Miller Smith
Institute's National Dialogue Project, Vanderbilt University, Divinity School,
Nashville, TN, 1992-1996; and, the Director of Christian Education, Progressive
Baptist Church, Berkeley, CA, 1983-1990. He conducts revivals, conferences,
seminars, and workshops. He currently lives in Shelby, NC, is married to
Andrita Jennette and seeks to make a significant impact in peoples' lives.