Brian K. Blount is a Presbyterian minister, New Testament

New Testament

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 scholar and current President of Union Presbyterian Seminary. He is a noted preacher and scholar on the Book of Revelation

Book of Revelation

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Blount is a native of Smithfield, Va. He holds a B.A. from the College of William and Mary

College of William and Mary

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, his M. Div from Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary

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, and a Ph.D. from Emory University

Emory University

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. He served as pastor of Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church in Newport News, Va., from 1982 to 1988, Before studying for his doctorate. He served as the Richard J. Dearborne Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary

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 for 15 years before being called as President of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia in 2007.