Biography of Dr. Jim West

Position

• Pastor, Petros Baptist Church
• Adjunct Professor of Bible, Quartz Hill School of Theology

Education

• B.A., Religion, Carson Newman College
• MDiv, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• ThM, Johannine Literature, SEBTS
• ThD, Galatians, Andersonville Baptist Seminary

Language Facility

• Greek
• Hebrew
• Latin
• Aramaic
• German
• Ugaritic

Publications

• "Apollyon", "Abaddon", "Sheol", and "Hades" in the forthcoming Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible: Grand Rapids, 1999.
• "Biblical Studies", Quartz Hill Publications, forthcoming 1998.
• ”Bible Studies”, Quartz Hill Publications, forthcoming, 1999.
• Several abstracts for Old Testament Abstracts, and reviews in various Journals as well as numerous essays and articles in the Quartz Hill Journal of Theology.

Research Interests

• Christian Literature
• Pseudepigrapha
• Hebrew Bible

Autobiographical Sketch

I have pursued Biblical Studies since College; where I was a Religion major. I have a lovely wife and daughter and am pleased to be a member of SBL, ASOR, The Deutschen Palästina-Verein and The Catholic Biblical Association.