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WRAP-UP: MBTS enhances origins studies

By Amelia Hendra / Baptist Press
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--An academic chair and institute for the study of Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian origins was approved by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees during their March 17-18 meeting in Kansas City, Mo.

The trustees' academic development committee presented two new professors to the board for election: Daniel R. Watson as associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew and Larry L. Cornine as associate professor of pastoral care and counseling.

Roberts, commenting on the faculty additions, said, "At Midwestern we are committed to helping students know, communicate, apply and practice biblical truth by providing a top-rated quality education through world-class faculty members."

Watson, the first full-time African American hired at MBTS, has served as assistant professor of Old Testament at Bethel Seminary's Southern California campus. He holds a Ph.D. in biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies and a master of philosophy degree in Hebraic and cognate studies from Hebrew Union College; a Th.M. in Old Testament language and literature from Grace Theological Seminary; and B.A. in Christian thought-biblical studies from Liberty University.

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