| Roy Harrisville | |
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| Birth: | 22 April 1922 USA |
| Death: | 25 July 2023 Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| Age: | 101 years, 94 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Centenarian | |
Roy Alvin Harrisville II (22 April 1922 – 25 July 2023) was an American centenarian and Lutheran theologian who wrote extensively on the interpretation of the New Testament.
Biography[]
Harrisville was born on 22 April 1922. He was educated at Luther Theological Seminary, 1947 (in Saint Paul, Minnesota), Princeton Seminary, 1953, Princeton, New Jersey, and the University of Tubingen in Germany.
Harrisville served as a pastor in Mason City, Iowa, before joining the faculty of Luther Theological Seminary as professor of New Testament (1958-1992). He was a co-founder of Dialog, A Journal of Theology, and a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.
Harrisville's view on the nature of scripture and the interaction between human writers and the Holy Spirit helped shape the preaching and theology of Lutherans in North America for over 40 years. His works include The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinoza to Brevard Childs with Walter Sundberg and Fracture: The Cross as Irreconcilable in the Language and Thought of the Biblical Writers.
Harrisville believed the historical critical method could be harnessed in service of the Gospel. His long friendship with Ernst Kasemann led to several translations and reviews of Kasemann's work. Dr. Harrisville is listed in "Das Bultman Handbuch," (Mohr-Siebeck, 2017). The Harrisville-Kasemann correspondence can be found in the University of Tubingen Library and in the Luther Seminary Archives.
Harrisville died in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on 25 July 2023, at the age of 101 years, 94 days.
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References[]
- Roy A. Harrisville Luther Seminary
- Uncle Roy Turns 90! Minnesota Church News, 22 April 2012
- Roy Alvin Harrisville Obituary Holcomb-Henry-Boom-Purcell Funeral Home, 25 July 2023