Tremper Longman III (born 8 September 1952) is an

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scholar,

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, professor and author of several books, including 2009

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winner ''Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings''.

Biography

Longman is Distinguished Scholar of Biblical Studies at

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, where he was the

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Professor of Biblical Studies for nineteen years before his retirement in 2017. He earned his

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from

Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio. It was founded in 1842 by methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium ...

, his

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from

Westminster Theological Seminary Westminster Theological Seminary is a Protestant theological seminary in the Reformed theological tradition in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary in 1929 after Princeton chose to t ...

, and his

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and

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from

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 ...

. Prior to joining Westmont in 1998, Longman taught for eighteen years at

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. He has also served as visiting professor at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, an adjunct professor at

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, and a guest lecturer at

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and the

Canadian Theological Seminary Ambrose University is a private Christian liberal arts university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It provides undergraduate and graduate level education for pastoral ministry, as well as undergraduate level education in select liberal arts ...

. Longman has contributed to a number of commentaries, including the ''

New International Commentary on the Old Testament The New International Commentary on the Old Testament is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the Old Testament in Hebrew. It is published by the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. The series editors are Robert L. Hubbard, Jr ...

'' (The Song of Solomon and Ecclesiastes), ''NIV Application Commentary'' (Daniel), ''New International Biblical Commentary'' (Jeremiah and Lamentations), and the ''Baker Old Testament Wisdom'' series (Proverbs).. In addition, he was the senior translator for the wisdom books on the central committee that produced and now monitors the

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. He was a main speaker in the conference of Korea Reformed Theological Society in 2016.

Personal life

He is married to Alice Longman and has three sons.

Selected publications

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References

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