J. Alec Motyer

J. Alec Motyer (1924 – 26 August 2016)^[1] was a British biblical scholar. He was Vice-Principal of Clifton Theological College and vicar of St. Luke's, Hampstead, before becoming Principal of Trinity College, Bristol.

Motyer was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Tremper Longman III describes as a "competent and popular expositor",^[2] while Tim Keller has said that Motyer and Edmund Clowney were "the fathers of my preaching ministry".^[3]

Works

The Day of the Lion: The Message of Amos, 1974
The Message of Philippians, 1984 ISBN 978-0877843108
The Message of James, 1985 ISBN 978-0877842927
The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Commentary, 1993 ISBN 978-0830815937
Isaiah Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, 1999 ISBN 978-0830842209
The Story of the Old Testament: Men with a Message, 2001 ISBN 978-0801012303
Preaching?: Simple Teaching on Simply Preaching, 2013 ISBN 978-1781911303

^ Jones, Marcus (26 August 2016). "Bible Speaks Today editor Alec Motyer dies aged 91 - premier". Premier. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
^ Tremper Longman III, Old Testament Commentary Survey, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999), 150.
^ Mesa, Ivan. "Whom Do Tim Keller and Don Carson Look Up To?". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

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