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Patrick D. Miller

Patrick D. Miller, Jr. was an American Old Testament scholar who served as Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1984 to 2005. He was an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

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Patrick D. Miller, Jr.
Born(1935-10-24)24 October 1935
Died1 May 2020(2020-05-01) (aged 84)
TitleCharles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary
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InstitutionsUnion Presbyterian Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
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Deuteronomy (1990)

Patrick D. Miller, Jr. (24 October 1935 – 1 May 2020) was an American Old Testament scholar who served as Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1984 to 2005. He was an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Miller studied at Davidson College, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, and Harvard University. He taught at Union from 1966 to 1984, and at Princeton from 1984 to 2005.1

Miller served as editor of Theology Today,2 and, in 1998, as president of the Society of Biblical Literature.3

In 2003, a Festschrift was published in his honor. A God So Near: Essays on Old Testament Theology in Honor of Patrick D. Miller (ISBN 1575060671) included contributions from Walter Brueggemann, Frank Moore Cross, and Hugh G. M. Williamson.

Miller died on 1 May 2020 after a long illness.1

Works

Books

As editor

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References

  1. Ferguson, Mike (May 2020). "Prodigious Old Testament scholar Pat Miller dies at 84". Presbyterian Mission Agency. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. "Patrick D. Miller". Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. "SBL Presidents". Society of Biblical Literature. Retrieved 1 August 2014.