385:. In 2013, this conference was renamed the Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars Conference in his honor. He also founded the Conference on the Rhetorical Criticism of Biblical Documents in Heidelberg in 1992, with subsequent conferences in Pretoria (1994), London (1995), Malibu (1996), Florence (1998), Lund (2000), Heidelberg (2002), and South Africa (2004).
70:(S.T.B., 1962). He received an honorary doctorate from Pepperdine in 2011. He was married on 8 June 1951 in Madison, Wisconsin, to the former Dorothy Jetta Kiel (born 31 August 1931 in Blanchardville, Wisconsin). Olbricht died on 21 August 2020 and was survived by his wife, five children, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
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Throughout his career in higher education, Olbricht was active as a leader in the
Churches of Christ. He served as minister for congregations in DeKalb, Ill. (1949â51), Iowa City, Iowa (1951â54), Dubuque, Iowa (1956â58), Natick, Mass. (1959â62), and State College, Penn. (1965â67), and as elder for
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Collections of his essays have been published on the history of biblical interpretation in North
America (2018, ed. John T. Fitzgerald), on the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement (2018, ed. Stanley Helton and Michael Strickland), and on rhetoric and Scripture (2019, ed. Lauri Thurén). Olbricht
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the Minter Lane Church of Christ, Abilene, Tex. (1974â86) and the Malibu Church of Christ, Malibu, Calif. (1989â96). Within
Churches of Christ, Olbricht is known especially for his teaching and writing on Scriptural interpretation, or âhermeneutics.â
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Lifted Up, John 18â21: Crucifixion, Resurrection and Community in John
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Hearing God's Voice: My Life with Scripture in the Churches of Christ
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