Kenneth Lee Barker (born 1931) is an American biblical scholar and professor of Old Testament and Hebrew. In addition to writing several books, he was also one of the original translators of the

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and the

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of the Bible. Barker earned his

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from Northwestern College, his

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from

Dallas Theological Seminary Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) is an evangelical theology, theological seminary in Dallas, Texas. It is known for popularizing the theological system dispensationalism. DTS has campuses in Dallas, Houston, and Washington, D.C., as well as cont ...

(1960), and his

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from the

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning or Dropsie University, at 2321–2335 N Broad St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was America's first degree-granting institution for post-doctoral Jewish studies. Funded by the will of Moses Aaron D ...

(1969). He joined the faculty at Dallas in 1968 as professor of Old Testament, where he remained until 1981. In 1974, he was invited to join the Committee on Bible Translation, and later served as its secretary, as well as executive director of the International Bible Society's NIV Translation Center. He has also served as academic dean at Capital Bible Seminary. Barker retired from the

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in 1996, and is currently living in

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Selected publications

*''A comparative lexical and grammatical study of the Amarna Canaanisms and Canaanite vocabulary'' (1969) *

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in the ''New American Commentary'' (1998) * Zechariah in the ''Expositor's Bible Commentary'' (1985) *''The NIV study Bible, New International Version'', with Others (1985) *''The Accuracy of the NIV'' (1996) *''The Making of the NIV'' (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Kenneth L. Living people Dallas Theological Seminary alumni American biblical scholars Old Testament scholars Translators of the Bible into English University of Northwestern – St. Paul alumni Dropsie College alumni Dallas Theological Seminary faculty 1931 births