HUFFMAN, JASPER ABRAHAM: 1880-
Jasper Abraham Huffman , son of John W. and Martha Howenstine Huffman, was born in Elkhart County, Ind., on Feb. 28, 1880, and was ordained in the ministry of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ in 1904. He graduated from Bonebrake Theological Seminary in 1909, received his A.B. degree from Bluffton (O.) College in 1915 and his B.D. degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1919, and was awarded the D.D. degree by Taylor University in 1920.
From 1911 to 1914 he served as pastor in Dayton, O. In 1914-15 he was an instructor at Bluffton College, from 1915 to 1922 professor at Witmarsum Theological Seminary, from 1922 to 1936 dean of the Marion College School of Theology, and after 1936 dean of the School of Religion at Taylor University in Upland, Ind. In 1930 he was a member of the staff of a joint expedition for Palestlnian excavation of Xenia Theological Seminary and the American School for Oriental Research. He edited the GOSPEL BANNER from 1913 to 1925 and the Bethel Series of Sunday School literature since 1914. On May 5, 1901, he married Elizabeth D. Lambert.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Redemption Completed. New Carlisle,
0., 1904.
- Old Testament Messages of the Christ.
Dayton, 0., 1909.
- Job, a World Example. Bluffton,
0., 1913.
- Upper Room Messages. New Carlisle,
0., 1915.
- The Progressive Unfolding of the Messianic Hope.
New York, 1924.
- Young People and the Christ Life.
Chicago, 1925.
- A Guide to the Study of the Old and New Testaments For Use in
the High Schools of Indiana. Dayton, 0., 1926.
- Voices from Rocks and Dust Heaps of Bible Lands.
Marion, Ind., 1928.
- With Christ in the Deeper Lessons. 1929.
- Biblical Confirmations from Archaeology.
Upland, Ind., 1930.
- Youth and the Christ Way. Marion,
Ind., 1932.
- Building the Home Christian. Marion,
Ind., 1935.
- With Christ During Passion Week. Marion,
Ind., n.d.
- The Holy Spirit. Upland, Ind.,
1938.
- The Messianic Hope in Both Testaments.
Upland, Ind., 1939.
- Introduction to Archaeology.
