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Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  • M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
  • M.Div., Talbot Theological Seminary
  • B.A., Biola College

Biography

Dr. Finley's area of expertise is Northwest Semitic languages, specifically Hebrew and Aramaic. He authored the Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary (Joel, Amos, Obadiah) (reprinted by Galaxie Software), the Everyman's Bible (Commentary on Joel, Obadiah, Micah) (Moody), and co-authored How Biblical Languages Work: A Student's Guide to Learning Hebrew and Greek (Kregel). He also contributed notes on the prophets mentioned above to The Life Recovery Bible. He authored chapters in three books, and his articles have appeared in Grace Theological Journal, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Vetus Testamentum, Zeitschrift f眉r Althebraistik, and Decision Magazine. He has addressed both regional and national meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society, and he has served as a translation consultant for portions of the Old Testament for the NIV Children's Version.

Affiliations

  • Institute for Biblical Research
  • National Association of Professors of Hebrew
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Evangelical Theological Society (Regional Secretary-Treasurer: 2004/05; Regional VP: 2005/06; Regional President: 2006/07)
  • Granada Heights Friends Church, La Mirada, CA

Publications

Books

  • How Biblical Languages Work: A Student's Guide to Learning Hebrew and Greek Kregel Academic & Professional; 2nd edition (January 1, 2004)
  • Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets: Ezekiel I Brill Academic Publishers; Bilingual edition (June 1, 1999)
  • Joel, Obadiah and Micah- Bible Commentary (Everymans Bible Commentaries) Moody Publishers (September 9, 1996)
  • Joel, Amos, Obadiah (originally Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary) Moody Pr (November 1990)

Popular Publications

  • 鈥淎辫辫谤别肠颈补迟颈辞苍,鈥 Decision (November 1986)
  • 鈥淭rue Worship,鈥 Assembly Links (Australia; July 1986)
  • 鈥淐hristians, Money and Power,鈥 The Treasury (New Zealand; May, 1987)
  • 鈥淓lijah鈥擟alls Upon God with Great Boldness,鈥 Decision (April 1989)
  • 鈥淩eading without Vowels,鈥 Sundoulos (Spring, 1989) [alumni publication]
  • Contributions on Hosea, Joel, Amos, and Obadiah to the Life Recovery Bible (Tyndale House, 1992)
  • Bible Study on Obadiah, Decision Magazine, April 2002
  • Article on archaeology and the Old Testament for Connections, Fall 2002.

Articles Published

  • 鈥淭he Book of Daniel in the Canon of Scripture鈥, Bibliotheca Sacra 165:658 (2008) 195-208
  • 鈥淯pon this Rock鈥: Matthew 16.18 and the Aramaic Evidence.鈥 Aramaic Studies 4:2 (2006) 133颅151
  • 鈥淒oes the Book of Mormon Reflect an Ancient Near Eastern Background?鈥 In The New Mormon Challenge (ed. Francis Beckwith, Carl Mosser, and Paul Owen; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002)
  • 鈥淭he Ministry of Women in the Old Testament,鈥 in Women and Men in Ministry (ed. Robert Saucy and Judy TenElshof; Chicago: Moody, 2001), 73-88
  • 鈥淭he Relationship of Woman and Man in the Old Testament,鈥 in Women and Men in Ministry (ed. Robert Saucy and Judy TenElshof; Moody, 2001), 49-71
  • 鈥淛onah,鈥 pp. 523-524 in Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions (ed. A. Scott Moreau; Baker, 2000)
  • 鈥淎brahamic Covenant,鈥 pp. 28-29 in Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions (ed. A. ScottMoreau; Baker, 2000)
  • 鈥淎 Discourse Analysis of Isaiah 7-12,鈥 co-published with George Payton (an MA student) in Journal of Translation and Textlinguistics 6:4 (1993) 317-35
  • 鈥淒imensions of the Hebrew Word for 'Create' (ar鈥滲')," Biblioteca Sacra 148:592 (1991) 409-23
  • 鈥淭he Proposal in Biblical Hebrew: Preliminary Studies Using a Deep Structure Model,鈥 Zeitschrift f眉r Althebraistik 2:1 (1989)
  • 鈥淭he Waw -Consecutive with 鈥業mperfect鈥 in Biblical Hebrew: Theoretical Studies and Its Use in Amos,鈥 in Tradition and Testament: Essays in Honor of Charles Lee Feinberg (ed. John S. Feinberg and Paul D. Feinberg; Chicago: Moody, 1981)
  • 鈥淭he Sheep Merchants of Zechariah 11,鈥 Grace Theological Journal 3 (1982)
  • 鈥淎n Evangelical Response to the Preaching of Amos,鈥 Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 28 (1985)
  • 鈥淭he 鈥楢pple of His Eye鈥 in Zechariah 2:8,鈥 short note in Vetus Testamentum 38:3 (1988)
  • 鈥淥rigins of Christianity and Judaism,鈥 review article on Rebecca鈥檚 Children by Alan F. Segal, Journal of Psychology and Theology 15 (1987)

Contributions to Books

  • Apologetics Study Bible. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2008

Research Interests

  • The book of Daniel
  • Northwest Semitic Languges, especially Syntax (Hebrew, Aramaic, other Canaanite languages)

Books

The Apologetics Study Bible
Joel, Obadiah and Micah (Everyman's Bible Commentary)
How Biblical Languages Work: A Student's Guide to Learning Hebrew and Greek
Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets: Ezekiel I
Joel, Amos, Obadiah (originally Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary)

Areas of Expertise for Media Interviews

  • Aramaic
  • Biblical Languages
  • Daniel
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Genesis
  • Old Testament
  • Prophets (Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah)
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