WILLIAM SHEA
Biography
Dr. William H. Shea, taught 14 years in the Theological Seminary at Andrews University serving for a time as chairman of its Old Testament Department. After spending seven years as a mission hospital physician in Central America, Dr. Shea turned to three years of graduate study in Assyriology at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His specialities are ancient Near Eastern studies and Old Testament history. Presently he is retired as the associate director of the Biblical Research Institute of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.