Merrill Unger (1909-1980)

Merrill Unger was a Biblical commentator, scholar, archaeologist and theologian.
He was well known as a Biblical archaeologist and encyclopedist.
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Early in his career he was identified as a Baptist, but later attended the Independent Fundamentalist Churches of America.

Education
He began his college education at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky bu transfered to the Evangelical Theological College - later Dallas Seminary. His Th. D dissertation was published as Biblical Demonology (1952) . His Th.M thesis was published as The Baptizing of the Holy Spirit (1953). His Ph.D dissertation was published as Israel and the Arameans of Damascus (1957)

Professional Life
He served at Buffalo and New York as a pastor. He taught for a year at Gordon college. From 1948-1967 he was professor of O.T. Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He then became professor emeritus.

In retirement he led Bible conferences and wrote on O.T. , theological and practical topics. He published Demonology in the World Today (1971. Merrill in his life time wrote more than 40 books.

Personal Life
On retiring due to health concerns and loss of his first wife he returned to Maryland. With Pearl, his second wife, they bought ’ Birdhaven’. Merrill died in 1980.

I have included information about Biblical archaeologist and encyclopedism.

Sources
wikipedia
Biblio.co.uk