John Sailhamer

Who is John Sailhamer?

John Herbert Sailhamer is professor of Old Testament studies at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in California. He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society in 2000 and has made notable contributions to Old Testament studies.

After a B.A. at California State University, Long Beach, his Th.M. at Dallas Theological Seminary, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at University of California at Los Angeles, Sailhamer began his teaching career in 1975 at Biola University, then taught at Bethel Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Western Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and since 2006 at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He was briefly appointed as provost of Dallas Theological Seminary in 1993, but resigned before he was to begin serving in 1994.

Sailhamer served on the review and editorial teams for two recent Bible translations - the New Living Translation and the Holman Christian Standard Bible.

Sailhamer has published extensively on Old Testament matters, especially the Pentateuch.