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Full Name George Michael Butterworth Offices held Teacher - in - Old Testament, United Theological College, Bangalore (1972-1978)Lecturer - in - Old Testament, Oak Hill Theological College, London | ||
G. M. Butterworth is an Old Testament Scholar who taught at the United Theological College, Bangalore from 1972 through 1978 and later on moved to TAFTEE in Bangalore and finally to England where he continued to bring out the message of the Old Testament.
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Butterworth joined the United Theological College, Bangalore in the year 1972 when Joshua Russell Chandran was its Principal. The period was eventful as the seminary in Bangalore as it had a few seminarians specializing in Old Testament studies who include,
When Butterworth began teaching at the seminary in 1972 in Bangalore, his colleague was E. C. John and a year later in 1973, they were joined by Gerhard Wehmeier, a notable Old Testament scholar and the three of them led the Old Testament scholarship in Bangalore. While this was so, the Old Testament studies in Serampore College, Serampore were led by the notable Old Testament Scholar, John D. W. Watts and G. Babu Rao who had by then moved to Serampore to begin his teaching. Incidentally, it was Butterworth who guided the graduate thesis of John Sadananda, the present Master of the Senate of Serampore College (University).