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J. Richard Middleton

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Richard Middleton (PhD Free University of Amsterdam) is Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary (Rochester, NY) and adjunct professor of Old Testament at the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology (Kingston, Jamaica). He is past president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (2019–2021) and past president of the Canadian-American Theological Association (2011–2014). He holds a BTh from Jamaica Theological Seminary and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Guelph (Canada). Middleton is the author of Abraham’s Silence: The Binding of Isaac, the Suffering of Job, and How to Talk Back to God (Baker Academic, 2021); A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology (Baker Academic, 2014); and The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1 (Brazos, 2005). He coauthored (with Brian Walsh) The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian World View (IVP, 1984) and Truth is Stranger than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age (IVP, 1995), and has co-edited (with Garnett Roper) A Kairos Moment for Caribbean Theology: Ecumenical Voices in Dialogue (Pickwick, 2013). He has published articles on creation theology in the Old Testament, the problem of suffering, and the dynamics of human and divine power in biblical narratives. His books have been published in Korean, French, Indonesian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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    The Genealogies in Genesis: Part II

    In the second part of his four-part series, Richard Middleton covers the genealogies of Genesis 5, 10, and 11.

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    The Genealogies in Genesis: Part I

    This is the first in a four-part series as biblical scholar J. Richard Middleton answers the often-asked question, How should we interpret biblical genealogies?

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    Richard Middleton | Image of God

    Richard Middleton joins Jim Stump in an attempt to answer some questions about human identity through the lenses of the bible and ancient worldview.

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    Podcast Episode
    Featuring guest J. Richard Middleton 

    Richard Middleton | Interpreting Biblical Genealogies

    Richard Middleton, shares with us some of the historical context that helps us to see the genealogies as another part of the story of God’s creation.

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    By J. Richard Middleton 

    Matthew’s Genealogy of Jesus: Part II

    In the final part of his four-part series, J. Richard Middleton continues his discussion on Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, from David to the Exile, culminating in Jesus the Messiah.

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    By J. Richard Middleton 

    Matthew's Genealogy of Jesus: Part I

    In the third part of a four-part series, J. Richard Middleton shares an introduction to Matthew’s genealogy, with a close look at Abraham to David.

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    By J. Richard Middleton 

    The Genealogies in Genesis: Part II

    In the second part of his four-part series, Richard Middleton covers the genealogies of Genesis 5, 10, and 11.

  • ArticleAdvanced
    By J. Richard Middleton 

    The Genealogies in Genesis: Part I

    This is the first in a four-part series as biblical scholar J. Richard Middleton answers the often-asked question, How should we interpret biblical genealogies?

  • woman standing near a body of water reflection
    Podcast Episode
    Featuring guest J. Richard Middleton 

    Richard Middleton | Image of God

    Richard Middleton joins Jim Stump in an attempt to answer some questions about human identity through the lenses of the bible and ancient worldview.

  • bible genealogy and tree
    Podcast Episode
    Featuring guest J. Richard Middleton 

    Richard Middleton | Interpreting Biblical Genealogies

    Richard Middleton, shares with us some of the historical context that helps us to see the genealogies as another part of the story of God’s creation.

  • ArticleAdvanced
    By J. Richard Middleton 

    Matthew’s Genealogy of Jesus: Part II

    In the final part of his four-part series, J. Richard Middleton continues his discussion on Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, from David to the Exile, culminating in Jesus the Messiah.

  • ArticleAdvanced
    By J. Richard Middleton 

    Matthew's Genealogy of Jesus: Part I

    In the third part of a four-part series, J. Richard Middleton shares an introduction to Matthew’s genealogy, with a close look at Abraham to David.

  • ArticleAdvanced
    By J. Richard Middleton 

    The Genealogies in Genesis: Part II

    In the second part of his four-part series, Richard Middleton covers the genealogies of Genesis 5, 10, and 11.

  • ArticleAdvanced
    By J. Richard Middleton 

    The Genealogies in Genesis: Part I

    This is the first in a four-part series as biblical scholar J. Richard Middleton answers the often-asked question, How should we interpret biblical genealogies?

  • woman standing near a body of water reflection
    Podcast Episode
    Featuring guest J. Richard Middleton 

    Richard Middleton | Image of God

    Richard Middleton joins Jim Stump in an attempt to answer some questions about human identity through the lenses of the bible and ancient worldview.

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