4. Tremper Longman: The Bible and the Ballot

Scott and Eben talk with their former professor Dr. Tremper Longman III (bio below) about his timely book "The Bible and the Ballot: Using Scripture in Political Decisions." (Eerdmans, 2020). We cover a range of topics, from abortion, to religious liberty, to reparations, to Tremper's favorite dead language (spoiler alert, it isn't Ugaritic). Tremper has been a pillar in the Westmont community for years, and we are so grateful we had this chance to talk with him!

Here is a link to purchase the book: https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/7734/the-bible-and-the-ballot.aspx

Dr. Tremper Longman III graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, earned a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary, and completed a doctorate in ancient Near Eastern studies at Yale University. He served as the Robert H. Gundry professor of biblical studies at Westmont from 1998 until he retired in 2017. He continues to serve the college as a distinguished scholar of biblical studies. He has written or co-authored numerous scholarly articles and more than 20 books, including interdisciplinary works, books with psychologist Dan Allender, works on history and historiography, and textbooks for both seminary students a lay people. He is one of the main translators of the New Living Translation and has served as a consultant on other popular translations of the Bible including the Message, the New Century Version, and the Holman Standard Bible.