T. Desmond Alexander is the Director of Postgraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Union Theological College.
It has been my joy and privilege to undertake teaching and research on the Bible for over forty years. I took up my present appointment in September 2009, having been Director of Christian Training for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland from 1999 to 2009.
Previously I had lectured for 18 years in Semitic Studies at the Queen’s University of Belfast. My career in third level education has spanned a period of considerable change in how the Bible is approached with greater emphasis being placed on understanding the literary dimension of the biblical books. Over the years many and varied opportunities have arisen to write and edit a wide variety of academic and reference books on the Bible (see below). Within the general field of Biblical Studies, I have concentrated my attention primarily on the Pentateuch and secondarily on Biblical Theology. Outside of my academic studies, I have been an elder in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church for thirty–five years.