Joe Melvin Sprinkle

Background

Joe Melvin Sprinkle was born on August 18, 1953 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. He is a son of Joseph Melvin and Verna Sprinkle.

Education

In 1976 Joe Melvin Sprinkle received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma. In 1982 he obtained a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In 1983 he attended Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1987 Sprinkle gained a Master of Philosophy from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1991.

Career

From 1976 to 1978 Joe Melvin Sprinkle was an industrial engineer at Fibercast Co. From 1985 to 1986 he was an instructor in biblical Hebrew at Temple Bible College. In 1986 and 1987 he was an adjunct instructor in religion at Wright State University.

From 1988 to 1991 Joe Melvin Sprinkle was an instructor at Toccoa Falls College, an assistant professor from 1991 to 1996, an associate professor from 1996 to 1998, and a professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages from 1998 to 2003. From 1993 to 1994 Sprinkle was a pastor of United Methodist church in Toccoa. In 1996 he served as an instructor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. From 1999 to 2002 he was an editor and translator for Holman Christian Standard Bible.

In 2003 he became an occasional preacher and supply minister. In the same year, he was appointed a professor of Old Testament at Crossroads College.

Achievements

• Joe Melvin Sprinkle is best known as the author of The Book of the Covenant: A Literary Approach and Biblical Law and its Relevance. His works received high praise from critics.

Works

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  • Leviticus and Numbers

    (The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of...)

    2015
  • Biblical Law and Its Relevance: A Christian Understanding and Ethical Application for Today of the Mosaic Regulations

    (This book approaches the laws of the Pentateuch from theo...)

    2006
  • Literary Approach to the Book of the Covenant

    (This volume offers a synchronic, literary reading of the ...)

    1994

Membership

Joe Melvin Sprinkle is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, the Institute for Biblical Research, the Society of Biblical Literature.

Interests

• classical music, biking, camping, hiking

Connections

On August 9, 1986 Joe Melvin Sprinkle married Christilee, a school psychologist. They have two children: Rebecca and Tamara.

Father:

Joseph Melvin Sprinkle

Mother:

Verna Sprinkle

Spouse:

Christilee Sprinkle

Daughter:

Rebecca Nicole Sprinkle

Daughter:

Tamara Renee Sprinkle

References

• Contemporary Authors
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