Tenney, Merrill C.
Dates
- Existence: 1904 - 1985
Biographical Statement
Merrill Chapin Tenney was born in 1904 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Wallace Fay Tenney and Lydia Smith Goodwin. He earned his Th.B. from Gordon College of Theology and Missions (1927), his A.M. from Boston University (1930), and his Ph.D. in Biblical and Patristic Greek from Harvard University (1944). He briefly served as pastor of Storrs Avenue Baptist Church in Braintree, Massachusetts (1926-1928), before joining the faculty at Gordon College for thirteen years. Tenney moved to Wheaton in 1943 and was Professor of New Testament and Greek until 1977. He also was dean of the graduate school from 1945-1971. He married Helen Margaret Jaderquist (1904-1978) in 1930, and together they had four children, John Merrill, Elizabeth Faye, Robert Wallace and Philip Chapin. He was the general editor of the Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, and author of several books, including his widely received "New Testament Survey" (Eerdmans, 1961). He served on the original translation team for the New American Standard Bible. He died in 1985.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Christianity Today Records.
Correspondence, reports, minutes, audio tapes, films relating to the founding of Christianity Today, International (CTI), and its activities as a forum and voice for Evangelical Protestantism in the United States.
Persons featured include L. Nelson Bell, Billy Graham, Carl Henry, Kenneth Kantzer, Harold Lindsell, Harold Myra, Paul Robbins, and numerous other evangelical figures; subjects covered include social and theological issues.
Collection 111 Papers of Charles H. Troutman, Jr.
Collection 177 Papers of Zoe Anne Alford
Collection 283 Oral History Interviews with Nancy Folkerts
Collection 311 Papers of Charles J. Guth
Collection 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins
Collection 486 Oral History Interview with Helen R. Jongewaard
Collection 628 Papers of Carl F. H. Henry
Correspondence, reports, notes, minutes, and manuscripts related to theologian and author Carl Henry, documenting his work with the Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, but which also touch on a few other aspects of his life, including his association with Wheaton College and with the magazine Christianity Today.
David M. Howard, Sr., Papers
Education by Extension Recordings and Workbooks.
Jerusalem Conference on Prophecy phonograph record, "Echoes From Jerusalem."
Merrill C. Tenney Papers
Included in this collection are manuscripts of articles appearing in the Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, correspondence with the contributors, and papers relating to the mechanics of the compilation and production of the dictionary. Correspondence between Dr. Tenney and Peter DeVisser traces the history of the project from its inception to production. Numerous Wheaton College faculty and alumni participated in the project.
Newspaper article about founding of City of Wheaton, poem by Merrill Tenney.
Sermon audio tapes.
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