AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL DATA



FULL NAME Ellis Lorain Tiffany
BIRTHPLACE Kansas City, Missouri
BIRTHDATE April 2, 1924
EDUCATION
Degrees Major Fields Schools Dates
B.A.
English John Brown University 1943
B.A.
English Ouachita Baptist University 1945
B.D.
Theology Central Baptist Theological Seminary 1946
Th.M.
Theology Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1947
M.A.
Education University of California, Los Angeles 1966
Ph.D.
Theology Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1974
HONORS
Graduated magna cum laude, John Brown University and Ouachita Baptist University
Listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities (1943)
Ordained to the Baptist Ministry (1944)
CAREER
Student pastorates: 5 (MO, 3; KY, 2) 1943-49
Resident pastorates: 5 (AR, 2; KY, 1; CA, 2) 1952-62
Public School Teacher (Ridgecrest, CA) 1960-65, 80-87
Public School Counselor (Ridgecrest, CA) 1965-70
Public School Psychologist, Administrator (Ridgecrest, CA) 1970-80
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Ridgecrest, CA) 1970-2002

MEMBERSHIPS
Member (Life), National Education Association
Member (Life), Phi Delta Kappa International (Professional Education Society)
Member, Society of Biblical Literature
Member, Clergy of the American Baptist Churches, USA
Member, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Clinical member (Life), California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Former member, National Association of School Psychologists
Member, Free and Accepted Masons of California
a. Indian Wells Valley Lodge 684, F. and A.M. (Ridgecrest, CA)
b. Scottish Rite (Thirty-second Degree--Valley of Bakersfield, CA)
c. York Rite (Norris C. Viles Chapter 153, Royal Arch Masons --Rigecrest, CA) (Bakersfield Council 28, Cryptic Masons; Knight Templar--Bakersfield Commandery 39, Bakersfield, CA)
d. Shriner (Al Malaikah Temple--Los Angeles, CA)
Member (Life), (Desert Holly Chapter 547, Order of the Easter Star --Rigecrest, CA)
Member (Life), Navy League of the United States
Member, California Association of Mental Health Counselors
Member (Life), Death Valley Forty-niners
WORKS

The Creation of Humanity in Ancient Greek Thought: A Critical Examination of Ancient Greek Anthropogony, Its Psychological and Soteriological Impications (demonstrating the widespread practice within ancient Greece of depicting that culture's gods and goddesses in human likeness to account for humankind's creation in the first place). Unpublished manuscript written in 1951-52, revised and enlarged in 1999. xiii+152 pages. (Note: this manuscript formerly held the title A Culture and Its Images of Deity in Creation.)

An Outline to The Image of God in Creation: An Indexed Condensation of the Larger Volume. Unpublished manuscript compiled as a "table-of-contents" companion volume to the publication listed below; 1996. viii+54 pages.

Hebrew Anthropogony: A Critical Study of the Old Testament Ideas on the Creation of Man. Unpublished thesis submitted, accepted, and filed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Th.D. degree conferred by The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1954, exchanged for a Ph.D. degree in 1974. vii+168 pages.

Paul's Doctrine of the Church in Ephesians. Unpublished thesis submitted and accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the B.D. degree conferred by The Central Baptist Theological Seminary in 1946. 45 pages.

Public Education on the U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station of China Lake, California: A Brief History. Unpublished manuscript completed, duplicated, and circulated in the Ridgecrest-China Lake area in 1963; revised, submitted, accepted, and filed as a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.A. degree conferred by UCLA in 1966--document eligible for publication at time of submission, but offer. declined by author. vi+205 pages.

The Image of God in Creation: A Critical Examination of Ancient Hebrew Anthropogony, Its Psychological and Soteriological Implications. A revised and enlarged treatment of the author's doctoral thesis; Ridgecrest, California: The Interface Foundation, 1997. xxiii+223 pages.