Draft:Warren C. Trenchard

Warren Charles Trenchard (b. 1944) is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Director of Graduate Programs in the H. M. S. Richards Divinity School (1995–present) at La Sierra University in Riverside, California. He was university Provost 2004–2010.

Family and Early Life
Born 16 July 1944, Trenchard is the son of Charles Edward Trenchard (1911–62) and Violet Frances Noseworthy (1912–2006).

Canadian Union College
In 1980, along with librarian colleague at Canadian Union College, Keith Clouten, Trenchard developed a major re-write of the Library of Congress classification schedule BX 6101–6189, which was deemed as inadequate to incorporate the massive and complex published materials associated with Seventh-day Adventism. This especially involved the large bibliography of writings by Ellen G. White. What Clouten and Trenchard created is now used by Adventist academic libraries worldwide and is updated and distributed by the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians.

Other Positions
Trenchard was visiting professor, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University (1981); member, Board of Directors, Association of Adventist Forums (1989–91); member, Private Colleges Coordinating Council of Alberta (1980–95); member, Editorial Board and Book Review Editor, Religious Studies and Theology (1986–89); and accreditation site evaluator, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (2002–present).

Professional Memberships
Trenchard is a member of the Catholic Biblical Association. Before retiring, he was also a member of the Adventist Society for Religious Studies (president: 1992–93), a fellow of the Institute for Biblical Research, and a member of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, and the Society of Biblical Literature.

Books

 * Ben Sira's View of Women: A Literary Analysis. Brown Judaic Studies, No. 38. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1982. ISBN 9780891305934
 * The Student's Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992. ISBN 9780310533412
 * Published Pottery of Palestine. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1996. (co-authored with Larry G. Herr). ISBN 9780788502804
 * Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998. (Revised edition of The Student's Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament). ISBN 9780310226956
 * A Concise Dictionary of New Testament Greek. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 9780521818155
 * Ben Sira's View of Women: A Literary Analysis. Brown Judaic Studies Open Humanities Book Program. Providence, RI: Brown Digital Repository / Brown University Library, 2020. ISBN 9781951498559
 * The Desire of Ages and Its Sources. Westlake Villiage, CA: Oak and Acorn Press, 2023. ISBN 979-8393481445

Other publication

 * A Classification Scheme for Adventists and Ellen White: A Modification of the Library of Congress Religion Schedules, BX 6101–6189. 1980. (co-authored with Keith Clouten).