Name Eugene Merrill Role Academic | Education Bob Jones University | |
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Books Kingdom of Priests: A History of, The World and the Word: An, Everlasting Dominion, An historical survey of, Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy | ||
True servanthood eugene h merrill
Eugene Haines Merrill (born September 12, 1934) is an Old Testament scholar who has served as a distinguished professor of Old Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and 2010 president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
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- True servanthood eugene h merrill
- The wisdom that is from above eugene h merrill
- Early life family and education
- Academic career
- Selected publications
- References
The wisdom that is from above eugene h merrill
Early life, family, and education
Merrill was born in Anson, Maine. He attended Bob Jones University, where he earned his B.A. (1957), M.A. in Bible (1960), and Ph.D. in Old Testament interpretation (1963). He married Janet (née Hippensteel) in December 1960. After moving to New York for his wife to complete her doctorate, Merrill earned an M.A. in Jewish Studies at New York University (1970), and his M.Phil. (1976) and Ph.D. (1985) in Middle East languages and culture at Columbia University. He also completed post-doctoral research (1989–1990) at Tyndale House in Cambridge.
Academic career
Merrill taught at Bob Jones University from 1963 until 1966, then at Berkshire Christian College from 1968 until 1975. He joined the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary in 1975, and retired in 2013 as Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Studies (Emeritus). He has also served on the faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, since 2005 as Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Interpretation. He is a member of the American Oriental Society, the Near East Archaeological Society, the Society of Biblical Literature, and he served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society, of which he has been a member since 1965.
Selected publications
Merrill has published ten books, contributed to several other collaborative projects, served as a translator in three biblical text projects, and written nearly 200 scholarly articles, mostly for Bibliotheca Sacra. Significant titles include: