J.J.M. Roberts
| Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 28, 1939 |
| Occupation | Biblical commentator, professor |
| Title | William Henry Green Professor of Old Testament Literature (Emeritus) at Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Abilene Christian University, Harvard University |
| Thesis title | The Early Akkadian Pantheon: a study of the Semitic deities attested in Mesopotamia before UR III |
| Thesis year | 1969 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biblical studies |
| Institutions | Princeton Theological Seminary |
Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts, known as J. J. M. Roberts, (born May 28, 1939) is William Henry Green Professor of Old Testament Literature (Emeritus) at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. A member of the Churches of Christ, Roberts attended Abilene Christian University before pursuing doctoral work at Harvard University.
His teaching and research interests laid in comparative studies involving Mesopotamian and Israelite religion, Old Testament prophecy, Semitic languages, and Hebrew lexicography. Recent publications include Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (OTL) and a forthcoming collection of essays. Roberts is currently working on a commentary on Isaiah 1-39. He served on the editorial boards of JBL, CBQ, BASOR, and Restoration Quarterly, and was editor of the SBL OT dissertation series and a member of the NRSV translation committee. He was the coeditor of the Princeton Classical Hebrew Lexicon Project.
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