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G. Herbert Livingston
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George Herbert Livingston was born in Iowa and grew up in Wisconsin. He graduated from college and married Maria Saarloos in 1937. Two weeks after the wedding he became pastor for the ...view moreAUTHOR BIO
George Herbert Livingston was born in Iowa and grew up in Wisconsin. He graduated from college and married Maria Saarloos in 1937. Two weeks after the wedding he became pastor for the next eight years in churches in both Wisconsin and Iowa.
Because of tuition grants, he took his family to Kentucky for studies at Asbury Theological Seminary for three years. For the next three years he pastored churches in the state of New York, and completed graduate studies for his doctors degree at Drew University in New Jersey.
For two years he was Dean of Wessington Springs Junior College in South Dakota, and for thirty-four years was Professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He was a co-founder of the institution now known as the Jerusalem University College. Maria and he spent seven months on a world mission trip. He helped produce three major English translations of the Bible and has written a number of books and articles on Old Testament themes.
He was a husband, and minister for over seventy years; a pastor for fourteen years, a professor for thirty-six years and has been in retirement for over twenty years. He has been the father to three children, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.view less