Henry B. Smith Jr.

Overview

Henry B. Smith Jr. is Vice President of Dig Administration and Media Production at the Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) and Administrative Director of ABR's excavations at Tel Shiloh. He co-hosts ABR's television program Digging for Truth.

Academic Career and Education

Smith earned a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University and an M.A.R. from Westminster Theological Seminary, with an emphasis on apologetics and biblical languages, and is a PhD candidate. He served as ABR's Director of Development from 2005 to 2015. In the field he volunteered at Hazor and served as a square supervisor at Khirbet el-Maqatir and at Shiloh.

Major Works and Contributions

Smith leads ABR's Genesis 5 and 11 Genealogy and Chronology Research Project, which argues for the chronology preserved in the Septuagint's genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11. His articles include "The Case for the Septuagint's Chronology in Genesis 5 and 11" and "Primeval Chronology Restored."