Eugene H. Merrill (academic)


Eugene Haines Merrill is an Old Testament scholar who has served as a distinguished professor of Old Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and 2010 president of the Evangelical Theological Society.

Early life, family, and education

Merrill was born in Anson, Maine. He attended Bob Jones University, where he earned his B.A., M.A. in Bible, and Ph.D. in Old Testament interpretation. He married Janet in December 1960. After moving to New York for his wife to complete her doctorate, Merrill earned an M.A. in Jewish Studies at New York University, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Middle East languages and culture at Columbia University. He also completed post-doctoral research at Tyndale House in Cambridge.

Academic career

Merrill taught at Bob Jones University from 1963 until 1966, then at Berkshire Christian College from 1968 until 1975. He joined the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary in 1975, and retired in 2013 as Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Studies. He has also served on the faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, since 2005 as Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Interpretation. He is a member of the American Oriental Society, the Near East Archaeological Society, the Society of Biblical Literature, and he served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society, of which he has been a member since 1965.

Selected publications

Merrill has published ten books, contributed to several other collaborative projects, served as a translator in three biblical text projects, and written nearly 200 scholarly articles, mostly for Bibliotheca Sacra. Significant titles include: