T. F. McDaniel Biblical Philology Archive

Curriculum Vitae

Thomas Francis McDaniel, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies and Hebrew at Palmer Theological Seminary, the Seminary of Eastern University. A scholar of Hebrew and the Semitic languages whose work recovers lost lexemes and cognates to clarify the text of the Old and New Testaments.

Education

  • Baltimore City public schools, 1937–1948.
  • University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia — B.A. (Sociology), June 1951.
  • Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia — B.D., Cum Laude, May 1955.
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia — M.A. (Near Eastern Studies), February 1956. Thesis: “The Tribal Participants of the Exodus and Conquest.”
  • Yale University, Institute of Far Eastern Languages (Japanese), Spring 1956.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Department of Near East Studies — Ph.D., May 1966. Dissertation: “A Philological Study of Lamentations.”
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Near East Studies, 1976.
  • International Christian University, Tokyo — Japanese Language Study, Summer 1982.

Honors

  • University of Richmond Honor Council, 1950–1951.
  • University of Pennsylvania Scholarship, 1953 and 1954.
  • Johns Hopkins University Fellowship, 1962–1965.

Professional Experience

  • Student pastor, Gwathmey Baptist Church, Ashland, Virginia, 1950–1951.
  • Educational missionary (American Baptist Churches), teaching Old Testament at Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan, 1956–1961.
  • Pastor, First Baptist Church of Hurlock, Maryland, 1961–1965 (while in the Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins).
  • Interim pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Baltimore, 1966.
  • Associate Professor at Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama, and Visiting Lecturer in Semitic languages at Union Theological Seminary and Aoyama University, Tokyo, 1966–1969.
  • Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, 1969–2001 (tenured 1974; retired 2001).
  • Volunteer, archaeological excavation at Tel Gezer, Israel, Summer 1973.
  • Adjunct Professor of Old Testament, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA, 1981–1982.
  • Director, Eastern’s School of Christian Ministry, 1985–1986.
  • Adjunct Professor, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Summer 1987.
  • Director of Financial Aid, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1987.
  • Affiliate Professor of Religion, Temple University, sabbatical 1988.
  • Director, Doctor of Ministry Program in Theological Studies and Ministry, 1988–1989.
  • Visiting Lecturer, Temple University, Department of Religion, 1990–1991.
  • Professor Emeritus, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, from June 30, 2001.

Professional Societies

Before retirement: member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Schools of Oriental Research, and the National Association of Professors of Hebrew. Listed in the Sixth Edition of the Directory of American Scholars and the 1976 edition of Who’s Who in Religion.

Personal

Born: March 1, 1931, Baltimore, Maryland.
Family: Married to Doris Jean Hudgins, R.N. (retired). One son, James Walter, married to Kim Heise of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; four grandchildren: Erica, Ian, Lauren, and Owen.