Douglas B. Miller

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Douglas B. Miller

Douglas Miller is a graduate of Oral Roberts University, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary where he received a Ph.D. in Old Testament. He now serves as professor of biblical and religious studies at Tabor College, Hillsboro, where he teaches courses on Old and New Testament, biblical languages, Christian education, and faith in contemporary culture. He also has written and taught courses for Tabor’s degree completion ministry program, taught seminary classes, and co-leads trips to Israel/Palestine.

In addition to preaching and teaching adult Sunday school, Miller has published articles in church and scholarly periodicals and contributed essays to published collections. He served as general editor of Direction journal for ten years, as editor of Tabor College: A Century of Transformation (centennial history book), and is currently Old Testament editor of the Believers Church Bible Commentary series. His previous books include Symbol and Rhetoric in Ecclesiastes (Society of Biblical Literature/E. J. Brill) and An Akkadian Handbook (with R. Mark Shipp, Eisenbrauns). For Miller, Ecclesiastes has been a special love, beginning with his doctoral work and extending to articles, college courses, educational teachings in several churches, and workshops.

Miller was born in Iowa and grew up in Phoenix , Arizona, where his parents were founding members of Trinity Mennonite Church. After education-related journeys to several locations, he now lives in Hillsboro, Kansas, and is a member of the First Mennonite congregation. He is married to Holly Swartzendruber, is the father of three adult married sons, and has one grandson.