V. Philips Long, also known asPhil Long, is an AmericanOld Testament scholar.

Long has degrees fromWheaton College,Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and theUniversity of Cambridge. He taught atCovenant Theological Seminary and theFreie Theologische Akademie in Germany before becoming Professor of Old Testament atRegent College.^[1]

Long served on the translation teams for theESV^[2] andNLT.^[3] He is an ordainedteaching elder in thePresbyterian Church in America.^[1]

Long specializes in study relating to thehistoricity of the Bible. According toC. Hassell Bullock, Long's 1994 bookThe Art of Biblical History "represents a long stride in the direction of open and honest grappling" with the issues of biblical history.^[4]

• Long, V. Philips (1989).The Reign and Rejection of King Saul: a case for literary and theological coherence. Dissertation series (Society of Biblical Literature). Vol. 118. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press.ISBN 978-1-555-40391-1.OCLC 20093796.
• ——— (1992).Hebrew Power Pills. St. Louis, MO: V. P. Long.OCLC 42743673.
• ——— (1994).The Art of Biblical History. Foundations of contemporary interpretation. Vol. 5. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.ISBN 978-0-310-43180-0.OCLC 29427793.
• ——— (1996). "The Art of Biblical History". InSilva, Moisés (ed.).Foundations of contemporary interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.ISBN 978-0-310-20828-0.OCLC 34515023.
• ——— (1999).Israel's past in present research : essays on ancient Israelite historiography. Sources for biblical and theological study. Vol. 7. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.ISBN 978-1-5750-6028-6.OCLC 42290498.
• ———;Wenham, Gordon J.; Baker, David W., eds. (2002).Windows into Old Testament History: evidence, argument, and the crisis of "Biblical Israel". Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 978-0-802-83962-6.OCLC 49226243.
• ———;Longman III, Tremper;Provan, Iain W. (2003).A Biblical History of Israel. Louisville, KY: Westminster, John Knox Press.ISBN 978-0-6642-2090-7.OCLC 52055642.

• Living people
• American biblical scholars
• Old Testament scholars
• Translators of the Bible into English
• Presbyterian Church in America ministers
• Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni
• Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary alumni
• Alumni of the University of Cambridge
• Covenant Theological Seminary faculty
• Academic staff of Regent College

• Articles with hCards
• Year of birth missing (living people)