258:. Surburg wrote that Davis had made technical material accessible to the lay reader. Baker criticised Davis for disregarding or peremptorily rejecting liberal views on the Bible. He wrote that Davis had a "simplistic understanding of the relationship between the Bible and science, often in terms of a conflict which is resolved by asserting that the Bible is right".
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Davis has served as a pastor of two churches since his ordination. He worked as a senior supervisor on 13 archaeological digs in Israel and Jordan between 1963 and 2003. His major archaeological interest is tombs and human remains. He is a member of the
65:. His doctoral degree was in Old Testament and Hebrew. He did post-graduate work at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Near East School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. In 1968 he received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College of Florida.
122:. He told the Associated Press that, in his view, Freeman was a "good theologian" who knew the Bible well, but his uncompromising stance on faith healing and the seclusion of his congregation had "resulted in personal tragedy for several people".
281:. Merrill wrote that the book was a reliable reference work, but criticised it for covering only a limited period of Israel's history and for not engaging with more recent work in the field. The book was also reviewed by Leonidas Kalugila in the
228:) that had suffered from a lack of mainstream attention, perhaps due to its association with "cranks and crackpots". Feinberg wrote that Davis was a "careful and sane scholar" and his book was a valuable contribution to the field.
133:. GTS removed Whitcomb from his teaching position in 1990; Davis, then president of the seminary, said that Whitcomb had been a "source of division" at GTS, while Whitcomb attributed the falling out to doctrinal differences.
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Biblical
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Ford, Dell (12 November 2005). "New tasks lure retired achiever".
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Moses and the Gods of Egypt: Studies in the Book of Exodus
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544:"Freeman: Mystic, Monk, or Minister?" by John Davis,
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