Raymond Bryan Dillard [SEP] cause of death
of the Word Biblical Commentary , a commentary on the Book of Joel , and his magnum opus, "An Introduction to the Old Testament", which he wrote together with Tremper Longman and which was published posthumously, three months after his death .
To his students and colleagues, he was known as a "master of classroom drama" who "captivated mind and hearts".
Raymond Bryan Dillard died of a heart attack on October 1, 1993, in the woods near Zionsville, Pennsylvania.
Raymond Bryan Dillard
Raymond Bryan Dillard (January 7, 1944 – October 1, 1993) was a professor of Old Testament language and literature at Westminster Theological Seminary.
Life.
Dillard was born on January 7, 1944, in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Raymond and Ruth Dillard. After graduating from high school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1962, he went to study at Bob Jones University (B.A. 1966), Westminster Theological Seminary (B.D. 1969), and Dropsie University (Ph.D. 1975)