Biography

Education

• Th.D., Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, 1981; major in Old Testament and Hebrew. Dissertation - Nuzi Customs and Selected Patriarchal Narratives.
• Th.M., Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, 1974; major emphasis in Old Testament and Hebrew - thesis topic was Hesed in the Ancient Near Eastern Milieu.
• M.Div., Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, 1970.

Ministry Experience

Teaching/Administration

• Graduate Assistant in Old Testament and Hebrew at Grace Theological Seminary 1971 - 1978
• Professor of Old Testament at Tennessee Temple Theological Seminary, Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 1978 - August 1980
• Professor of Old Testament, Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, Lynchburg, Virginia, August 1980 - July 1989
• Professor of Old Testament Literature and Hebrew Exegesis, Capital Bible Seminary, Lanham, Maryland, July 1989 - July 1993
• Dean of Biblical Studies and Theology, Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary, Newburgh, Indiana, July 1993 - July 1994
• Old Testament Department Chair and Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament, Baptist Bible Graduate School, Springfield, Missouri, 1995 - Present

Pastoral and Church Ministry

• Pastor - Fulton Baptist Temple, Fulton, Indiana, November 1970- October 1973
• Pastor (church plant) - Liberty Baptist Church, Rochester, Indiana, November 1973 - May 1978
• Teacher - West Lynchburg Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1982
• Teacher - Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, November 1984 - September 1988
• Chaplain - Pine Shores Family Camp, Smith Mountain Lake, Roanoke, Virginia, Summer 1986
• Marriage Seminar Facilitator - Heritage Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, January 1986
• Conference Speaker - Creation/Evolution seminar, Grace Baptist Church, Waynesboro, Virginia, February 1987
• Pastor - Riverside Baptist Church, Mitchellville, Maryland, August 1989 - November 1991
• Pastor (church plant) - Faith Family Fellowship, Lanham, Maryland, February 1992- June 1993
• Pastor - Evansville, Indiana, November 1994 - August 1995
• Teacher - Bible Baptist Church, Buffalo, Missouri, January 1997 - January 1998 In addition to having taken Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Akkadian, Moabite and Ugaritic at Grace Theological Seminary, he also took Egyptian, Northwest Semitic Inscriptions and Syriac from Dr. Richard Patterson while teaching at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia. Dr. Patterson has an M.A. from UCLA in Egyptology and a Ph.D. from UCLA in Akkadian/Babylonian.

Ancillary Academic / Professional

• Paid consultant for The New King James Bible published by Thomas Nelson in 1984. Contracted by Thomas Nelson during the years of 1978-1980 to work under Dr. James Price of Tennessee Temple Seminary who was the General Editor of the Old Testament. Researched difficult portions of the Old Testament text before the final revision committee settled upon a particular translation of that specific portion of Scripture.
• Secretary/Treasurer of the Evangelical Theological Society's Eastern region 1980-1981. Vice-chairman of the region 1981-1982. President of the region 1982-1983.
• Contracted to evaluate NIV translation for the books of Hosea and Obadiah by comparing the current translation with the Hebrew text and suggested changes that should be made and substantiated the reasons why such changes should be implemented.

Memberships

• American Academy of Religion, 1974 - Present
• Associates for Biblical Research, 1989 - Present
• Evangelical Theological Society, 1980 - Present
• National Association of Professors of Hebrew, 1986 - Present
• Near East Archaeological Society, 1986 - 1990
• Society of American Schools of Oriental Research, 1974 - 1988
• Society of Biblical Literature, 1974 - 1995

Presentations and Publications

Articles
1986, 1990	"Was the Earth Created a Few Thousand Years Ago?" The Genesis Debate. Persistent Questions about Creation and the Flood, Baker
1986	Sixteen articles: Assyria, Chaldea, Ecbatana, Euphrates River, Hammurapi Code, Media, Nubachadnezzar, Nineveh, Persia, Sargon, Sennacherib, Shalmaneser, Sumer, Susa, Tiglath-pileser, and Ur for Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary Thomas Nelson Publishers.
1988	A brief description (200-250 words each) on 85 personal names and geographical places for the Liberty Annotated Study Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers.
1984	"What is the Nature of the Woman's Desire?" Fundamentalist Journal, September.
1998	"Charles Haddon Spurgeon" Baptist Bible Tribune, March/April.
Book Reviews
Appeared in Grace Theological Journal and the Fundamentalist Journal Ugarit and the Old Testament by Peter Craigie The Book of Job by Gleason Archer When the Kings Come Marching In by Richard Mouw I Am:This is My Name. The God of the Bible and the Religions of Man.
Commentaries and Study Notes
1983	"Genesis" in the Liberty Bible Commentary published by Thomas Nelson Publishers for The Old Time Gospel Hour, 117 pages.
1983	"Ezekiel" in the Liberty Bible Commentary published by Thomas Nelson Publishers for The Old Time Gospel Hour, 90 pages.
1989	"Jonah" commentary in the Evangelical Commentary on the Bible published by Baker.
1989	Prepared a two-volume commentary on the book of Genesis for Moody Press. Each book was to be 450 pages in length.
Papers Read
1981	"Selected Nuzi Customs and Patriarchal Narratives" at the Eastern Region of the Evangelical Theological Society at Capitial Bible Seminary, Lanham, Maryland.
1982	"Selected Nuzi Customs and Patriarchal Narratives" at the Liberty Bible Theological Lecture Series, Lynchburg, Virginia.
Textual Materials
1985	Old Testament Introduction Worktext for Liberty University School of LifeLong Learning, 162 pages. This course consisted of 30 fifty-five minute videos in addition to the worktext.
1987	The Book of Isaiah for Liberty University School of LifeLong Learning, 125 pages. This course consisted of 30 fifty-five minute videos in addition to the worktext. Ten thirty-minute audio tapes on the book of Genesis for the Liberty Home Bible Institute.
1994	Hebrew exegesis of Zechariah for Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana. Fourteen sixty-minute audio tapes.
1998	"Job" course for the Distance Education programs at Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology.