Zane Hodges

Zane Clark Hodges graduated magna cum laude in Wheaton College'sclass of 1954 and Dallas Seminary ThM degree '58. He served asprofessor of New Testament and Greek for 27 years at DallasTheological Seminary.
Born June 15, 1932 of Z.C. Sr. and Virginia Hodges inArdmore,OK, he grew up in Chambersburg, PA where father was employed bythe government at the Letterkenny Ordnance Depot. The staunch PlymouthBrethren family, including younger brother David, vacationed at thedenomination's Greenwood Hills Bible Conference. Attending WheatonCollege, Hodges majored in Greek, attended Bethany Chapel (Brethren) onCollege Avenue. Beltonian literary society attracted the serious-mindedand Hodges served as parliamentarian, corresponding secretary andpresident. Hodges was among 37 classmates elected to the ScholasticHonor Society.
While still studying in seminary he embraced a ministry totallynew to him--working with Hispanic youth in South Dallas at The OldMission. Even not speaking Spanish he stuck with it for some 15 years,leading a youth club later in Little Mexico and actually, in 1959,moving into the neighborhood.
He loved the classroom and, having served for a year as chairman of the seminary's New TestamentDepartment, he realized administration was not his gift and cheerfully returned to his students.
Hodges' church life centered at Victor Street Bible Chapel(formerly The Old Mission) in Dallas where he taught and preached forsome 40 years.
Upon retirement from DTS in 1986 he formed Kerugma Inc.-laterKerugma Ministries-the arm of hiswriting and publishing ministry out of his home. He was currentlyworking on a commentary on Romans and issuing an expository newslettergoing through 2 Peter.
Hodges died on November 28 at age 76.