Jacob Tanner

Jacob Tanner (15 October 1865 – 25 January 1964) [ [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com,] "Minnesota Death Index, 1908–2002", The Generations Network, Inc., 2001] was a Norwegian American religious educator. He published several books on the Lutheran faith.

Born at the farm Leirgrovvik in Molde, Norway, as the eldest son of a Swiss dairyman and a Norwegian farmer's daughter, Tanner became a theologian in 1892. The following year he emigrated to the United States, where he served as teacher and minister till the early 1960s. [Kjell Ove Nybø Hattrem, "Professor Jacob Tanner forteller fra si ungdomstid i Molde", "Årsskrift", Romsdal sogelag, Molde 1997]

In 1924 he became editor of "Lutheraneren" – the Norwegian organ of the NLCA, where he was on the Board of Elementary Christian Education. From 1925 to 1938, Tanner was a professor of theology at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

elected works

*"Ten Studies in the Catechism" (1927)
*"Ten Studies on the Child" (1929)
*"Ten Studies in Church Doctrines" (1930)
*"Ten Studies in Religious Pedagogy" (1932)
*"Ten Studies in Biblical History" (1935)
*"The Senior Confirmation Book" (1941)
*"The Junior Confirmation Book" (1943)
*"Atonement and Forgiveness: a Re-Orientation" (1948)
*"Ten Studies in the Creed" (1950)
*"Exploring God's Word: a Study Guide to Bible Teachings" (1950)

At least two of his books are translated into Chinese. [ [http://books.google.com/ Google Book Search] ]

Jacob Tanner wrote his autobiography in 1960. He died in a nursing home in Minnesota, 98 years old.

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