Richard Samuel Hess (born 1954) is an American Old Testament scholar. He is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Denver Seminary.
Richard Samuel Hess | |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
Title | Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages |
Academic background | |
Education | Wheaton College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School |
Alma mater | Hebrew Union College (PhD) |
Thesis | Amarna Proper Names (1984) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical studies |
Sub-discipline | Old Testament and Semitic languages studies |
Institutions | International Christian College University of Roehampton Denver Seminary |
Website | https://oldtestamentquestions.com/ |
Hess has degrees from Wheaton College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Hebrew Union College. He previously taught at International Christian College, Glasgow, and the University of Roehampton, London.[1]
Hess is editor of the Denver Journal, and founder and Editor of the Institute for Biblical Research's BBR Supplement Series and Dissertation Series.[2] He was previously editor of the Bulletin for Biblical Research.[3] He is a member of the New International Version's Committee on Bible Translation.[4]