Raymond Bryan Dillard

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Raymond Bryan Dillard
Dropsie University (Ph.D., 1975)
OccupationOld Testament scholar
Organization(s)Evangelical Theological Society, Society of Biblical Literature, Institute for Biblical Research
Notable work2 Chronicles (commentary);
An Introduction to the Old Testament
SpouseAnn Dillard née Albrecht (1966–1993)
Children3

Raymond Bryan Dillard (January 7, 1944 – October 1, 1993) was a professor of Old Testament language and literature at Westminster Theological Seminary.

Life

Dillard was born on January 7, 1944, in

postdoctoral research at Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Tel Aviv University. He taught at Westminster Theological Seminary as professor of Old Testament language and literature from 1971 until his death in 1993.[2]

Dillard was a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, where he worked in the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemia section. He also held memberships in the Evangelical Theological Society and in the Institute for Biblical Research.[1]

Among his major academic publications were an extensive commentary on

2 Chronicles published as part of the Word Biblical Commentary (Dillard 1988), a commentary on the Book of Joel (Dillard 1992), and his magnum opus, An Introduction to the Old Testament, which he wrote together with Tremper Longman and which was published posthumously, three months after his death (Dillard & Longman 1994
).

To his students and colleagues, he was known as a "master of classroom drama" who "captivated mind and hearts".[3]

Dillard died of a

heart attack on October 1, 1993, in the woods near Zionsville, Pennsylvania.[1]

Publications

Books and book chapters

Articles

Audio

References

  1. ^
    ISSN 0360-8808
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  2. ^ Dillard & Longman 1994, p. 9.
  3. OCLC 490115842.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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