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Mar 21, 1943 81 years old
American biblical scholar
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About David L. Petersen
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- Petersen is the Franklin Nutting Parker Professor of Old Testament in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
- He is also an ordained Presbyterian minister. Dr.
- Petersen received his Bachelor of Arts in 1965 from College of Wooster, a small Ohio liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
- In 1968 he earned a Bachelors in Divinity at Yale University 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 studies, particularly research on the Book of Genesis and the writings of the Hebrew Prophets.
- 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.
- He served as Old Testament editor on the new Common English Bible, published in 2011.
