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 ECPA Christian Book Award winner ''Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings''.

Biography

Longman is Distinguished Scholar of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in

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, where he was the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies for nineteen years before his retirement in 2017. He earned his B.A. from

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, his M.Div. from

Westminster Theological Seminary Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS) is a Protestantism, Protestant Christian theology, theological seminary in the Reformed theology, Reformed theological tradition in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of the faculty of Prince ...

, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern studies from

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. 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 Fuller Theological Seminary, and a guest lecturer at

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and the Canadian Theological Seminary. Longman has contributed to a number of commentaries, including the ''

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'' (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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