Saturday, February 4, 2017

Who is Roy L. Heller?

Roy L. Heller is the guest speaker for Episode 11 of the Covenant Bible Study on the books of 2nd Samuel and 1st & 2nd Kings. Here are a few quick facts about him:

1) He received  a B.S. from Houston Baptist University, a Master of Arts and a Master of Philosophy from Yale University Graduate School,  an M.Div. and a  a Master of Sacred Theology from Yale University Divinity School, and a PhD in Hebrew Bible and Old Testament from Yale University.

2) He is an Associate Professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.

3) He is the author of 3 books: Conversations with Scripture: The Books of Judges (2011), Power, Politics, and Prophecy: The Character of Samuel and the Deuteronomistic Evaluation of Prophecy (2006), and Narrative Structure Discourse Constellations: An Analysis of Clause Function in Biblical Hebrew Prose (2004).

4) He has special interests in Hebrew grammar and syntax, and using the Bible in ethics.

5) He is a fifth generation Texan. He, his wife Amy, and their two children, Annie and Noah, have been living in Dallas since 1999.

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