Evidence That Demands a Verdict - Contributor Bios

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19 - Biographical Sketches for EVIDENCE The following list of Biographical Sketches are the authors and experts quoted or referenced in the recently revised Evidence That Demands a Verdict. This version of Evidence is different from the 1999 New Evidence in that Josh collaborated with many other authors and experts in their fields. These bios provide a short overview of the experts, their area of expertise, credentials, and often their key ideas.

A Achtemeier, Elizabeth (1926 – 2002) Elizabeth Achtemeier was an adjunct professor of Bible and homiletics at Union Theological Seminary as well as a long-time member of the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity. Achtemeier is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary and did postgraduate work at Heidelberg University (Germany) and Basel University (Switzerland) before earning a PhD in Old Testament from Columbia University. Her work as a scholar, preacher, and lecturer earned her recognition as one of the leading evangelical voices in the Presbyterian Church.

Ackroyd, Peter Runham (1917 – 2005) Peter Runham Ackroyd was a British biblical scholar, Anglican priest, and former Congregational minister. From 1961 to 1982 he was the Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of London. He was also president of the Society of Old Testament Study in 1972. Ordained a Congregational minister in 1940, Ackroyd was drawn to Anglicanism in the 1950s and was ordained in the Church of England in 1958. He later became a lecturer and then a full professor at several British universities. Ackroyd's research focused on the Old Testament and he authored a number of books.

Adams, Matthew J. Matthew Adams is director of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, and president of American Archaeology Abroad Inc. Adams holds an MA and PhD from the Department of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University and teaches the languages and literatures of Europe and the Americas at the University of Hawaii, Manoah. Adams was the director of the Jezreel Valley Regional Project. His work includes: The Early Dynastic through Old Kingdom Stratification at Tell er-Rub'a, Mendes, The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception, and From Gods to God: Essays on the Social and Political Dynamics of Cosmologies in the Iron Age.

Adler, Mortimer Jerome (1902 – 2001) 1 Josh McDowell Ministry | www.Josh.org


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