J. Alec Motyer

J. Alec Motyer is 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",^[1] while Tim Keller has said that Motyer and Edmund Clowney were "the fathers of my preaching ministry".^[2]

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, 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

References

1. Tremper Longman III, Old Testament Commentary Survey, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999), 150.
2. Mesa, Ivan. "Whom Do Tim Keller and Don Carson Look Up To?". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

External links

• Mills, Robert P. "Renowned scholar learned to love the Bible at his grandmother's knee". The Presbyterian Layman.