Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts
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Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts also known as J. J. M. Roberts is the William Henry Green
Professor of Old Testament Literature (Emeritus) at Princeton Theological Seminary
in Princeton, New Jersey
. Roberts is a member of the Churches of Christ and was educated at Harvard University
.
His teaching and research interests laid in comparative studies involving Mesopotamia
n and Israelite religion, Old Testament prophecy, Semitic languages
, and Hebrew
lexicography. Recent publications include Nahum
, Habakkuk
, and Zephaniah
(OTL) and a forthcoming collection of essays. Roberts is currently working on a commentary on . He served on the editorial boards of JBL
, CBQ
, BASOR
, and Restoration Quarterly
, and was editor of the SBL OT dissertation series and a member of the NRSV translation committee. He was the coeditor of the Princeton Classical Hebrew Lexicon Project.
William Henry Green
William Henry Green , American Hebrew scholar, was born in Groveville, near Bordentown, New Jersey.-Biography:...
Professor of Old Testament Literature (Emeritus) at Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church located in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey in the United States...
in Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
. Roberts is a member of the Churches of Christ and was educated at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
His teaching and research interests laid in comparative studies involving Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the...
n and Israelite religion, Old Testament prophecy, Semitic languages
Semitic languages
The Semitic languages are a group of related languages whose living representatives are spoken by more than 270 million people across much of the Middle East, North Africa and the Horn of Africa...
, and Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
lexicography. Recent publications include Nahum
Nahum
Nahum was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh, in a vivid poetic style....
, Habakkuk
Habakkuk
Habakkuk , also spelled Habacuc, was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. The etymology of the name of Habakkuk is not clear. The name is possibly related to the Akkadian khabbaququ, the name of a fragrant plant, or the Hebrew root חבק, meaning "embrace"...
, and Zephaniah
Zephaniah
Zephaniah or Tzfanya is the name of several people in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He is also called Sophonias as in the New Catholic Encyclopaedia and in Easton's [Bible] Dictionary....
(OTL) and a forthcoming collection of essays. Roberts is currently working on a commentary on . He served on the editorial boards of JBL
Journal of Biblical Literature
The Journal of Biblical Literature is one of three theological journals published by the Society of Biblical Literature .First published in 1881, JBL is the flagship journal of the field...
, CBQ
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly is a refereed theological journal published by the Catholic Biblical Association of America....
, BASOR
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
The Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research is one of three academic journals published by American Schools of Oriental Research....
, and Restoration Quarterly
Restoration Quarterly
The Restoration Quarterly is a scholarly journal associated with the Churches of Christ. It focuses on issues of interest to the Churches of Christ and other groups associated with the Restoration Movement more generally.-History:...
, and was editor of the SBL OT dissertation series and a member of the NRSV translation committee. He was the coeditor of the Princeton Classical Hebrew Lexicon Project.