Barrington College, B.A.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, M.A.
University of Chicago, Ph.D.
Dr. John Currid is Carl McMurray Professor of Old Testament and chairman of the Biblical Studies Division at the Jackson campus.
A Ph.D. graduate of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology, he has extensive archaeological field experience. He was the Director of the Agricultural Project at Tel Halif, Israel; Field Archaeologist of the UNESCO Project at the excavation of Carthage, Tunisia; and staff archaeologist at Tell el-Hesi and Bethsaida, both in Israel.
He has written several commentaries in the EP Study Commentary Series and serves as editor for that series. He has also written two books in the discipline of archeology and has recently published another book about suffering.
Personally, he is a hopeless Cubs fan who plays the guitar and loves Elvis.
Dr. Currid and his wife Nancy have two children, Elizabeth and David.
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