D. N. Premnath | |
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| Born | Devadasan Nithya Premnath[1] 21 October 1950[citation needed] India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | B.A. (1970), M.A. (1972), B.D. (1977), Th.D. (1984)[1] |
| Alma mater | Arts and Science College, Chittoor, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, United Theological College, Bangalore, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Pastor and Teacher |
| Years active | 1984-present |
| Parent(s) | Saraswathy Kamala (mother) and Easter Rakshnya Das (father)[citation needed] |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Church of South India |
| Ordained | 1977 (Bishop Sundar Clarke, CSI) |
| Writings | See section |
Congregations served | Diocese of Vellore, (1977-1978), St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, California (1979-1983) |
Offices held | Teacher - in - Old Testament, United Theological College, Bangalore (1984-1987)[1] |
| Title | The Reverend Doctor |
Devadasan Nithya Premnath (born 21 October 1950), known as D. N. Premnath, is an Indian pastor and Old Testament scholar, who has been teaching since 1988 at the St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, a Roman Catholic seminary, in Rochester, New York.[1] In 1981, Premnath participated in an archaeological dig at Tell el-Hesi in southern Israel.[1]
Premnath had earlier taught at United Theological College, Bangalore the Protestant Regional Theologiate, between 1984-1987.[2] and has been a member of the Society for Biblical Studies in India[3] as well as the Society of Biblical Literature since 1988 and has chaired the Asian and Asian-American Biblical Hermeneutics Group during 1996-2001.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, Rochester, New York.[1] Archived 13 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997.
- ^ Fr. Max Gonsalves, SFX (Compiled), Directory of Society for Biblical Studies in India, 1998.