Dr. David Howard Jr. is Dean of the Center for Biblical and Theological Foundations and a professor of Old Testament at Bethel Theological Seminary. Previously he was a professor of Old Testament and Hebrews at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. David received his PhD from the University of Michigan and his Masters from Wheaton College in Illinois. He was President of the Evangelical Theological Society in 2003. He also serves as chair of the Biblical Hebrew Poetry section of the Society of Biblical Literature.