K. Lawson Younger Jr., PhD

K. Lawson Younger Jr. is professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages, and Ancient Near Eastern History at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.

Prior to coming to Trinity, Dr. Younger served as professor of biblical studies at LeTourneau University. He has also taught at Sheffield University.

Dr. Younger received the Doctor of Philosophy from Sheffield University, the Master of Theology with honors from Dallas Theological Seminary, and the Bachelor of Theology cum laude from Florida Bible College. He was named Rotary Foundation Fellow at the Hebrew University, Tyndale House Fellow at Cambridge University, and National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellow at Yale University.

Dr. Younger is the author of Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study of Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing and coeditor of The Canon in Comparative Perspective. He has edited numerous publications, including The Context of Scripture. Volume I: Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World, The Context of Scripture. Volume II: Monumental Compositions from the Biblical World, the forthcoming The Context of Scripture. Volume III: Archival Documents from the Biblical World.