Faculty | Master of Arts (Old Testament)
As a Talbot School of Theology student, you’ll study under top-notch scholars who aren’t just widely published and highly respected in the academic community — they’re also actively engaged in passionate, heartfelt ministry. In addition to the following faculty members who will teach many of your concentration-specific courses, you will also have the opportunity to take courses with a wide range of Talbot professors from other areas of specialization.
Kenneth Way
- Professor and Chair of Old Testament and Semitics
- Ph.D., Hebrew Union College
- M.Phil., Hebrew Union College
- M.A., Trinity International University
- B.A., Moody Bible Institute
Kenneth Way's passion is teaching the Old Testament in its ancient Near Eastern environment. His research interests include Exodus, Judges, Ruth, Israelite religion/archaeology, Northwest Semitic inscriptions, and the fauna of the ancient Near East. He regularly presents at academic meetings and has been published in Ugarit-Forschungen, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Journal...
Dominick Hernández
- Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitics
- Editor, The Bulletin for Biblical Research
- Talbot en Español
- Ph.D., Bar-Ilan University
- M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
- M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
- B.A., West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Dominick Hernández currently serves as an Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Dominick completed his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible at Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel), where he was trained in Semitic Philology. He is the author of Proverbs: Pathways to Wisdom (Abingdon), Illustrated Job in Hebrew (GlossaHouse), Engaging the Old...
Daniel Kim
- Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitics
- Chair, Talbot Chapel
- Ph.D. University of Aberdeen
- Th.M. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- M.Div. Talbot School of Theology
- B.S. Biola University
Prior to joining the Talbot’s Old Testament faculty full-time, Dr. Kim spent over 15 years on the Biola campus as an alumnus of both Biola and Talbot, and later as adjunct faculty. After majoring in Business as an undergraduate at Biola, he worked as an accountant and financial analyst before pursuing the pastorate and biblical studies. Dr. Kim maintained a connection to the business world...