Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology
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B.A., Sydney University, Australia, 1975; LL.B., 1978; M.A.R., Westminster Theological Seminary, 1984; M.Div., 1985; M. Phil., Yale University, 1989; Ph.D., Yale University, 2003; Attorney, Sydney, 1978-1982; Teaching Fellow, Yale University, 1990; Westminster, 1992-.

Contributor: New Living Translation; A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery; The Whirlwind: Essays on Job, Hermeneutics and Theology.

Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hermeneutics
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B.A., Messiah College, 1982; M.Div. Westminster Theological Seminary, 1989; M.A., Harvard University, 1993; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1994; Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, 1990-1994; Editor, Westminster Theological Journal, 2000-2005; Westminster, 1994-.

Author: Poetry and Wisdom; Exodus Retold: Ancient Exegesis of the Departure from Egypt in Wisdom 10:15-21 and 19:1-9; Exodus (NIV Application Commentary); Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament.

Contributor: New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery; Everyday Study Bible; Dictionary of New Testament Background; The Function of Scripture in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition; Early Christian Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel: Investigations and Proposals; God's Word to the Nations; The New Interpreter's Study Bible; Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch; New Dictionary of Biblical Theology; New Century Version; Renovare Study Bible; The Message; Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books; Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of Scripture.

Representative Articles: "Creation and Re-creation: Psalm 95 and Its Interpretation in Hebrews 3:1- 4:13," Westminster Theological Journal, 1993; "A Retelling of the Song at the Sea in Wis 10, 20-21," Biblica, 1995; "The 'Moveable Well' in 1 Cor. 10:4: An ExtraBiblical Tradition in an Apostolic Text," Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1996; "Wisdom of Solomon and Biblical Interpretation in the Second Temple Period," The Way of Wisdom, 2001; "William Henry Green and the Authorship of the Pentateuch: Some Historical Considerations," JETS 45/3, 2002; "Apostolic Hermeneutics and an Evangelical Doctrine of Scripture: Moving Beyond the Modernist Impasse," Westminster Theological Journal 65, 2003.

Assistant Professor of Biblical Languages

B.B.A., University of Texas; Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary; Assistant Pastor, Union Hope Baptist Church, 1980-1986; Singles Minister, New Birth Baptist Church, 1986-1989; Research Assistant/Teacher, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, 1989-1994; Adjunct Teacher, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1994-1999; Pastor, Sacred Trust Evangelical Church, 1994-1997; Assistant Pastor, Park Cities Presbyterian Church, 1997-2004; Assistant Pastor, New St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, 2004-; Westminster, Texas Campus, 2001-.

Assistant Professor of Old Testament

B.S., Calvin College, 1987; M.Div., Westminster Theological Seminary, 1994; Ph.D. candidate, Westminster Theological Seminary; Church Planter, Presbyterian Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church, 1987-1989; Westminster, 1999-

Contributor: The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery.

Professor of New Testament
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B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1971; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1974; Th.M., Westminster Theological Seminary, 1977; Ph.D., 1989; Instructor of Bible and Theology, Manna Bible Institute, 1978-1981; Westminster, 1983-.

Author: Let the Reader Understand: A Guide to Interpreting and Applying the Bible; Why Does it Have to Hurt?: The Meaning of Christian Suffering; Machen's New Testament Greek for Beginners (reviser).

Contributor: New Geneva Study Bible; Inerrancy and Hermeneutic: A Tradition, A Challenge, A Debate; Technology and the Seminary; Theonomy: A Reformed Critique; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery; Dictionary of the New Testament, Vol. III; Everyday Study Bible; Evangelical Biblical Scholars.

Representative Articles: "Allegorical and Literal Interpretation in Origen's Contra Celsum." Westminster Theological Journal, Fall 1986; "Logikos in 1 Peter 2:2," Zeitschrift fur neutestamentiche Wissenschaft, Spring 1991; "Ecce Homo: The Coming of the Kingdom as the Restoration of Human Vicegerency," WeFriday, March 24, 2006 2:53 PMTuesday, June 27, 2006 9:43 AM!-- editblock="mccartney" -->

Vern S. Poythress

Professor of New Testament Interpretation
Editor, Westminster Theological Journal
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B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1966; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1970; M.Div., Westminster Theological Seminary, 1974; Th.M., 1974; M.Litt., University of Cambridge, 1977; D.Th., University of Stellenbosch, 1981; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Fresno State College, 1970-1971; Teaching Staff, Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977; Editor, Westminster Theological Journal, 2005-; Westminster, 1976-.

Author: Philosophy, Science and the Sovereignty of God; Symphonic Theology: The Validity of Multiple Perspectives in Theology; Understanding Dispensationalists; Science and Hermeneutics: Implications of Scientific Method for Biblical Interpretation; The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses; God Centered Biblical Interpretation; The Returning King; The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy; Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach

Contributor: The Foundations of Christian Scholarship; Hermeneutics, Inerrancy, and the Bible; The New Testament Student and His Field; Inerrancy and Hermeneutic: A Tradition, A Challenge, A Debate; Theonomy: A Reformed Critique; Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood; New Geneva Study Bible; Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible.

Representative Articles: "The Use of the Intersentence Conjunctions De, Oun, Kai, and Asyndeton in the Gospel of John," Novum Testamentum 1984; "Reforming Ontology and Logic in the Light of the Trinity: An Application of Van Til's Idea of Analogy," Westminster Theological Journal 57, 1995; "2 Thessalonians 1 Supports Amillennialism," JETS 37, 1995; "Counterfeiting in the Book of Revelation as a Perspective on Non-Christian Culture," JETS, 40/3, 1997; "Keep on Praying!" Decision, 39/10, 1998; "Why Scientists Must Believe in God:  Divine Attributes of Scientific Law," JETS 46/1, 2003.

Adrian Trygve Smith

Assistant Professor of New Testament Interpretation

B.S., London University, 1982; Dip.Th., Free Church of Scotland College, 1992; Th.M., Westminster Theological Seminary, 1997; Ph.D., 2006; Visiting lecturer in Biblical languages, Reformed Theological Seminary, 2000; Teaching fellow, Westminster, 1998-2002; Instructor in New Testament, Erskine Theological Seminary, 2003-2006; Westminster, 2006-.

Stephen S. Taylor

Associate Professor of New Testament

B.A. Belhaven College, 1976; M.A. Wheaton College Graduate School, 1982; Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania; Instructor, Lehigh University, 1992; Instructor, Reformed Theological Seminary, 1993; Westminster, 1996-

Contributor: Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible; Evangelical Dictionary of Theology; Dictionary of Biblical Theology; The Function of Scripture in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition.

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