Iosif Zhakevich

IOSIF J. ZHAKEVICH, PhD ’16, ancient Near Eastern studies, is an associate professor of the Old Testament Hebrew Bible at The Master’s Seminary, the managing editor of The Master’s Seminary Journal, and the executive director of the John MacArthur Publishing Group. He received a BA with a double-major in English literature and Russian language and literature at UCLA, an MDiv and a ThM in Bible at The Master’s Seminary, an MA in Bible & the ancient Near East at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an AM and a PhD in ancient Near Eastern studies at Harvard University. His research focuses on Jewish and Christian exegesis of the Hebrew Bible. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, a contributor to various journals on the interpretation of the Bible, and the author of A Targumist Interprets the Torah. Most recently, he served on the translation committee of the Legacy Standard Bible.