David L. Petersen is the Franklin Nutting Parker Professor of Old Testament in the Candler School of Theology at

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

. He is also an ordained

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

minister. Petersen received his Bachelor of Arts in 1965 from

College of Wooster The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it has been officially non-sectarian since 1969 when ownership ties with the Presbyterian Church ...

, a small Ohio liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. In 1968 he earned a Bachelors in Divinity at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

followed by a Masters in Philosophy in 1970 and a Ph.D. in 1972 from the same school. Since that time he has specialized in

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

studies, particularly research on the

Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning") ...

and the writings of the

Hebrew Prophets Nevi'im (; he, נְבִיאִים ''Nəvīʾīm'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Năḇīʾīm,'' "Prophets", literally "spokespersons") is the second major division of the Hebrew Bible (the ''Tanakh''), lying between the Torah (instruction) ...

. Petersen has written and co-authored numerous books and articles. He was the senior Old Testament editor for ''The New Interpreter's Study Bible'' and has served as president of the

Society of Biblical Literature The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), founded in 1880 as the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, is an American-based learned society dedicated to the academic study of the Bible and related ancient literature. Its current stated mis ...

. He served as Old Testament editor on the new ''

Common English Bible The Common English Bible (CEB) is an English translation of the Bible whose language is intended to be at a comfortable reading level for the majority of English readers. The translation was begun in late 2008 and was finished in 2011. It includes ...

'',Common English scholars
/ref> published in 2011.

Works

Dr. Petersen's writings include:

Books

* * * * * * * * *

As editor

* * *

References

External links

Dr. Petersen's faculty page
at Emory University {{DEFAULTSORT:Petersen, David L. American biblical scholars Emory University faculty Living people American Presbyterian ministers Year of birth missing (living people) College of Wooster alumni Old Testament scholars Translators of the Bible into English Yale Divinity School alumni