Michael B. Shepherd
American biblical scholar
Michael B. Shepherd (born January 1977) is an assistant professor of Biblical Studies at Cedarville University who specializes in Hebrew/Aramaic language and exegesis. Before joining Cedarville in 2015, Shepherd held the John and Allie Fogleman Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, as well as professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the Caskey School of Divinity.
Education
Shepherd received a B.F.A. from New School University (2000) and a M.Div. (2004) and Ph.D. (2006) from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Works
Books
The Verbal System of Biblical Aramaic: A Distributional Approach. New York: Peter Lang, 2008.
Daniel in the Context of the Hebrew Bible. New York: Peter Lang, 2009.
The Twelve Prophets in the New Testament. New York: Peter Lang, 2011.
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