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Chris Thomson - Junior Research Fellow in Old Testament

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Qualifications:

B.A. Hons (1st Class) in Jurisprudence, University of Oxford

B.A. Hons (1st Class) in Theological and Pastoral Studies, Oak Hill College / Middlesex University

M.Phil. in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Cambridge

Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Cambridge

Memberships:

European Association of Biblical Studies

Institute for Biblical Research

Society for Old Testament Study

Society of Biblical Literature

Tyndale Fellowship

Biography

After studying law at university, Chris trained as a Chartered Accountant and spent time in church ministry before undertaking theological studies at Oak Hill College, London and at the University of Cambridge. He has recently completed a Ph.D. on “The Removal of Sin in the Book of Zechariah.”

Alongside his role at Tyndale House, Chris is a part-time lecturer in Biblical Studies at Oak Hill College in London, where he teaches Advanced Biblical Hebrew Reading, and parts of Introduction to the Old Testament, Intermediate Biblical Greek, General Epistles, and Justification in the Bible and in Christian Doctrine.

Research Interests:

Chris's current research focuses on conceptions of sin and its removal in the Hebrew Bible, and on Hebrew lexical semantics, building on his Ph.D. and on his M.Phil. on “The צדק Word Group in the Book of Isaiah.”

Academic Publications:

“The ‘Seven Eyes’ of Zech 3:9 and the Meaning of the Dual Form,” Vetus Testamentum 62 (2012): 115–28