Stephen Boyd

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Stephen Boyd

Dr. Stephen W. Boyd is a creationist lecturer, professor, and scientist. Currently, he is the Associate Professor of Bible at The Master's College. Dr. Boyd has a B.S. and a M.S. from Drexel University, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a M.Phil. and a Ph.D. from Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion.

In 2001, he joined the RATE group, studying radioisotope dating and the age of the earth. Dr. Boyd's work within the RATE group will include studying and analyzing the traits of Biblical text dealing with creation.

Dr. Boyd is most known for his linguistic studies. He is the Hebraist at The Master's College. Dr. Boyd has done a detailed study of the words, mostly verbs, of poetic and narrative passages of Scripture. According to his analysis, the verb forms in Genesis 1 coincide with verb forms from other historical, narrative passages, not poetic passages. Therefore, the Creation story should be taken literally.

Dr. Boyd emphasizes learning from the original language of the Biblical writings- taking into consideration the historical, religious, and cultural meanings behind the Scripture.