T.D. Alexander

Dr T. Desmond Alexander is senior lecturer in Biblical Studies and director of postgraduate studies at Union Theological College, Belfast. He is a former chair of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research. Dr Desmond Alexander’s research interests lie primarily in two area: the Pentateuch and Biblical Theology. On the Pentateuch, he has authored and edited a variety of articles and books, most notably, Exodus (Apollos OT Commentary; London, 2017); Exodus (Teach the Text; Baker, 2016); From Paradise to the Promised Land: an Introduction to the Pentateuch (4th edition; Baker, 2022); Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (co-editor) (Inter-Varsity Press, 2003). His commentary in the Teach the Text series (pp. 204; 2016) provides guidance on teaching the book of Exodus, dividing the book into 29 sections. His commentary in the Apollos series (pp. 784; 2017) provides a detailed explanation of the text of Exodus, engaging with contemporary scholarship. He has written explanatory notes on Genesis for the ESV Study Bible and the NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible. In the area of Biblical Theology, Dr Alexander was one of the general editors for the NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible and is one of the general editors for a new series of biblical commentaries being published by Lexham Press under the series title, Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary. He was one of the main co-editors for The New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Inter-Varsity Press, 2000), contributed the chapter on Biblical Theology to The Routledge Companion to Modern Christian Thought (London: Routledge, 2013), and has written four introductory books on Biblical Theology: From Eden to the New Jerusalem (Kregel, 2009); The City of God and the Goal of Creation (Crossway, 2018); Face to Face with God: a Biblical Theology of Christ as Priest and Mediator (IVP, 2022); The message of the Kingdom of God (IVP, 2024). He is chair of the Biblical Theology Study Group of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research.