P. G. George (born 8 October 1952) is an Indian Old Testament scholar who was dean of studies at the South Asia Theological Research Institute, Serampore, West Bengal.Monica J. Melanchthon, Graduate Biblical Studies in India in Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Kent Harold Richards (Edited), Transforming Graduate Biblical Education: Ethos and Discipline, Society for Biblical Literature, Atlanta, 2010, pp.129-139.

Life

George's research works have been reviewed in the Toronto Journal of TheologyEllen White, Book Review of The Rod in the Old Testament in Toronto Journal of Theology, Volume 21, Issue 2, September 2005. and the Elenchus of Biblica.Elenchus of Biblica, Volume 21, Editrice Pontificio Istituto biblico, 2005, p.542. George researched on the Hebrew Bible using the methodology of Semantics which puts him among the Translation scholars in the line of Basil Rebera.

George is a memberFr. Max Gonsalves (Edited), Society for Biblical Studies in India Directory 1998, entry 60, page 20 (George); entry 25, page 16 (Ceresko). of the Society for Biblical Studies, India which has been a scholarly fellowship for Biblical scholars of the Protestant, Orthodox, Catholic, and Charismatic Churches since the past fifty years and has attended the biennial conclave of the Society for Biblical Studies, India in 2014 held at Bangalore which elected P. Joseph Titus as its president for the biennium 2014–2016. Incidentally, George's teacher, Anthony Raymond Ceresko, OSFS was also a member of the Society for Biblical Studies, India.

Concerning the scholarship of George, the Old Testament Guru, Fr. Anthony Raymond Ceresko, OSFS wrote,

Writings

Articles 1983, Saint Thomas Christians: Whence and Whither,P. G. George, Saint Thomas Christians: Whence and Whither in Mar Thoma Messenger, Volume II, Number 1, June 1983, p.11, 23-24. 2002, Towards An Immigrant Theology,P. G. George, Towards An Immigrant Theology in Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 44, Issue 1 and 2, 2002, pp.1-8. 2002, Plight of Urban Youth: A Practical Interpretation of 2 Kings 2, 23-25,P. G. George, Plight of Urban Youth: A Practical Interpretation of 2 Kings 2, 23-25 in Bible Bhashyam Volume XXVII, 2002, pp.672-681. 2005, Immigrant Abraham’ on the Move: Towards an Immigrant Theology.P. G. George, Immigrant Abraham’ on the Move: Towards an Immigrant Theology, in Bible Bhashyam, Volume XXXI, 2005, pp.18-26. 2010, Re-defining the Mission: Proverbs as an 'Immigrant Theologian' and a Pastor,P. G. George, Re-defining the Mission: Proverbs as an 'Immigrant Theologian' and a Pastor, in Koshy P. Varughese (Edited), Challenges and Prospects of Mission in the Emerging Context - Essays to the memory of the Rev. Mathew Thomas, Dharma Jyoti Vidya Peeth, Faridabad, 2010, pp.42-53. 2012, An Immigrant Community at the Crossroads,P.G. George, An Immigrant Community at the Crossroads, in IAMS Matters, Issue 5, 2012. no date (Edited), Towards the First Holy Communion Day: An outline of the Mar Thoma Catechism,P. G. George, Towards the First Holy Communion Day: An outline of the Mar Thoma Catechism, Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth/Christava Sahithya Samithy, Faridabad/New Delhi.

Books

Authored - in Malayalam 2002, Snehatinte Neerchalukal,P. G. George, Snehatinte Neerchalukal (collection of Malayalam Poems), Christava Sahitya Samithy, Tiruvalla, 2002. 2006, Suvarna Mozhikal,P. G. George, Suvarna Mozhikal, Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 2006. 2007, Krush: Kashtappedunna Manushante Prathyasha,P. G. George, Krush: Kashtappedunna Manushante Prathyasha, Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 2007. - in English 2004, The Rod in the Old Testament: A Study of Vocabulary and FunctionP. G. George, The Rod in the Old Testament: A Study of Vocabulary and Function, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004, pp.ix-x and back cover. 2006, Cross: Hope of Suffering Humanity,P. G. George, Cross: Hope of Suffering Humanity, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2006. 2009, Towards the First Communion Day,P. G. George, Towards the First Communion Day, Dharma Jyoti Publications, Faridabad, 2009.

Edited - in Malayalam 2007 (co-edited with E. J. George Achen), Suvisheshathinte KavalbhadanP. G. George, E. J. George Achen (Edited), Suvisheshathinte Kavalbhadan, CSS, 2007. 2007, Narachathala Sobayulla Kiridam,P. G. George (Edited), Narachathala Sobayulla Kiridam, 2007. 2010 (co-edited with Philipose Mar Chrysostom) Pradidina Chindakal,P. G. George, Philipose Mar Chrysostom (Edited), Pradidina Chindakal, Sixth Edition, Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 2010. - in English 2015 (Edited), Theological Research in the Global South: Prospects and Challenges,P. G. George (Edited), Theological Research in the Global South: Prospects and Challenges, SATHRI, Serampore, 2015. 2015 (Edited), Reclaiming manyness : re-reading M. M. Thomas in the light of Indian Christian theologies,P. G. George, Y. T. Vinayaraj (Edited), Reclaiming manyness : re-reading M. M. Thomas in the light of Indian Christian theologies, SATHRI, Serampore, 2015.

Translated 2004, (Translated from Malayalam original), The Lord’s Prayers: A Devotional Study by Juhanon Mar Thoma,P. G. George (Translated), The Lord’s Prayers: A Devotional Study by Juhanon Mar Thoma, Christava Sahitya Samithy, Tiruvalla, 2004.

Commentaries 2015 (with Paul Swarup, CNI), Commentary on Exodus in South Asia Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary on the Whole Bible,South Asia Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary on the Whole Bible, Zondervan, 2015.

Devotional audio In 1999,Malayalam Music Movie Encyclopedia George provided the lyrics for the Malayalam devotional audio Yesuve Ninakkai with music composed by Senu Thomas and sung by Vijay Yesudas and K J Yesudas.

Education

India George pursued graduate and postgraduate courses in Sciences at the Government Science College, Rewa in Madhya Pradesh and has both a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. degree from the Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa.

Canada George first enrolled at the Wycliffe College, Toronto for an M.Div. programme and continued his studies leading to postgraduationAnthony Raymond Ceresko, Foreword in P. G. George, The Rod in the Old Testament: A Study of Vocabulary and Function, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004, p.vii and back cover. studies at Wycliffe College, Toronto during 1983 where he specialized in Old Testament supervised by Stanley Walters.

He then enrolled for a doctoral programme his studies at Wycliffe College, where he was once again supervised by Stanley Walters. George's doctoral thesis was entitled The Rod in the Old Testament: A Study of Vocabulary and Function . He received the Th.D degree in 1988.University of Toronto Libraries

Ecclesiastical ministry From 1992 to 1994, George was a Vicar at parishes in the New York City.

After returning from New York City, George began teaching Old Testament at the Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam along with Geevarghese Mathew, then Professor of Old Testament.

The Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth, Faridabad is an institution of the Mar Thoma Church affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University) whose first principal was the legendary Old Testament Scholar, K. V. Mathew who served from 2000 to 2002 followed by V. S. Varghese. During the later years,P. G. George, Annual Report 2009-2010, Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, 2010. George moved from Kottayam to Faridabad, where he became principal of the college and served in that capacity till 2014.Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, Dharma Jyoti Vidyapeeth bids farewell to outgoing Principal, faculty members, Faridabad, 22 May 2014.

In 2014, George moved to Serampore where he was appointed Dean of Research at the South Asia Theological Research Institute where he used to guide doctoral-level researchers.

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