Echoes of the Old Testament - Peter J. Williams

In part 4 of The Genius of Jesus' Teaching, we go deeper into the parable of the Prodigal Son. We consider four specific Old Testament stories that it echoes in striking ways.
Peter J. Williams is the Principal and CEO of Tyndale House, Cambridge. He was educated at Cambridge University, where he received his MA, MPhil, and PhD in the study of ancient languages related to the Bible. After his PhD, he was on staff in the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University (1997-1998), and thereafter taught Hebrew and Old Testament at Cambridge University. From 2003 to 2007 he was on the faculty of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Since 2007 he has been leading Tyndale House, and he is also an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the Translation Oversight Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible. Most recently he has been assisting Dr Dirk Jongkind in Tyndale House’s production of a major edition of the Greek New Testament.
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