David Noel Freedman

Who was David Noel Freedman?

David Noel Freedman, son of the writer David Freedman, was a biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist, and ordained Presbyterian minister.

After earning a doctorate in Semitic Languages and Literature at the Johns Hopkins University in 1948, Freedman held a series of professorial and administrative positions at various theological institutions and universities.

As the general editor of several distinguished series, including the Anchor Bible Series, Eerdmans Critical Commentaries, and The Bible in Its World, and as the editor and author of numerous other award-winning volumes, including the Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, Freedman has produced over three hundred and thirty scholarly books. Recent seminal works as an author include The Unity of the Hebrew Bible, Psalm 119: The Exaltation of Torah, The Nine Commandments and What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Do They Matter?. As editor of the Leningrad Codex: A Facsimile Edition, Freedman and his colleagues brought the world’s oldest complete Hebrew Bible to synagogues, churches, libraries and individuals around the world for the first time in history.