James Hardy Ropes

James Hardy Ropes (September 3, 1866 – January 7, 1933) was an American theologian.[1][2] He graduated from Harvard College in 1889 and was an instructor there from 1895 to 1898 and an assistant professor until 1903.[3] Ropes was then appointed the Bussey Professor of New Testament criticism.[3] He occupied the Hollis Chair at Harvard Divinity School starting in 1910.[4] He was also the Chairman of Commission on Extension Courses and Dean of the University Extension.[5]

He led the funeral of Henry Bradford Endicott, for whom Ropes' boss, Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell, served as a pall bearer with Governors Calvin Coolidge and Samuel W. McCall.[6]

References

1. McKim, Donald K (2007). Dictionary of major biblical interpreters. InterVarsity Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8308-2927-9.
2. JAMES HARDY ROPES (1866-1933)
3. "PROF WHITTEM MADE A HARVARD DEAN". Boston Daily Globe. June 10, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
4. Quinquennial catalogue of the officers and graduate. Harvard University. 1920. p. 22.
5. Shinagel 2010.
6. "MANY LABOR MEN AT ENDICOTT FUNDERAL: Simple Services at Home of Clarence W.Barron Gov Coolidge and Ex-Gov McCall Head Honorary Bearers". Boston Daily Globe. February 16, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

Works cited

• Shinagel, Michael (2010). The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910 - 2009. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674051355.

External links

• Sermons and glass slides by James Hardy Ropes are in the Andover-Harvard Theological Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.