Dr James McKeown, FHEA, BD, PhD (Queen's University)
James McKeown first joined Belfast Bible College in 1973 when he enrolled as a student.
James' favourite's subjects were the Biblical languages and during his final year he combined his studies with part-time lecturing responsibilities in Hebrew and Greek.
When James left BBC he joined Scripture Gift Mission and was the Irish Secretary for ten years.
Having been a student at Belfast Bible College in 1973, James returned to the college as a tutor in 1986.
He was appointed Vice Principal in 1988. Since then he has concentrated his attention on the Old Testament. His special interests include the Hebrew language and the geography and culture of the Middle East.
He has published a commentary on Genesis in the "Two Horizons Old Testament Series"
James left the Bible College in June 2009 to concentrate on writing, preaching, teaching and research.
James is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Chair of the Post Graduate Committee of the Institute of Theology at
Queen's University Belfast.
He welcomes research students in Old Testament studies especially in relation to the book of Genesis. He has considerable experience both as supervisor and examiner of research students (MPhil and PhD).
His wife Audrey, manages her own consultancy business known as "Growth Solutions International".
Research and Publications
* Main Unifying Themes in the Hebrew Text of Genesis. PhD Dissertation, Queen's University of Belfast (1991)
* Two articles for Irish Biblical Studies, on the "Theme of Land in Genesis" (1997)
* Three articles in the IVP New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, on the books of 'Jonah', 'Joel', and 'Haggai' (1998)
* One Chapter entitled "A Theological Approach" in Make the Old Testament Live: From Curriculum to Classroom, ed. R. Hess and G. J. Wenham, (Eerdmans, 1998)
* Two articles in the IVP Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch on "Blessing and cursing in the Pentateuch" and "The Theme of Land in the Pentateuch" (2003).
* "The Prophet Nathan" in The IVP Dictionary of the OT: Historical Books, (2005)
* Two Horizons Commentary on the Book of Genesis, Eerdmans, 2008
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