Dr. Simon J De Vries Library

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Dr. De Vries has had a long career teaching Old Testament at Drew Divinity School, Western Theological Seminary, and finally at Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He was guest lecuturer at King's College, University of London in 1978. He was trained at Calvin College, Calvin Seminary, Union Theological Seminary in New York, and did postgraduate study at Leiden University and at the University of Tubingen. He has published several books, including:

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Time and History in the Old Testament
From Old Revelation to New: A Tradition-historical and Redaction-critical Study of Temporal Transitions in Prophetic Prediction
Prophet Against Prophet: The Role of the Michiah Narrative (I Kings 22) in the Development of Early Prophetic Tradition
The Achievements of Biblical Religion: Prolegomena to Old Testament Theology
1 Kings (Word Biblical Commentary)
1 & 2 Chronicles (Forms of Old Testament Literature)

Dr. De Vries and his wife now make their home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.