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faculty

Tremper Longman III, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies; Distinguished Scholar of Biblical Studies

Office Location

Dr. Longman does not have an office on campus.

Office Available

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Specialization(s)

Old Testament

Biography/Details

Dr. Tremper Longman III graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, earned a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary, and completed a doctorate in ancient Near Eastern studies at Yale University. He served as the Robert H. Gundry professor of biblical studies at °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp from 1998 until he retired in 2017. He continues to serve the college as a distinguished scholar of biblical studies. He has written or co-authored numerous scholarly articles and more than 20 books, including interdisciplinary works, books with psychologist Dan Allender, works on history and historiography, and textbooks for both seminary students a lay people. He is one of the main translators of the New Living Translation and has served as a consultant on other popular translations of the Bible including the Message, the New Century Version, and the Holman Standard Bible.