W. E. Nunnally, Ph.D. was born in Richmond, VA in 1955. He and his wife Lacey have lived in Springfield, MO for the past 17 years. They have two adult children and two grandchildren. Dr. Nunnally completed a BA in Religion at Mississippi College in 1978. In 1983, he earned an MA in Hebrew Language in Israel from the Institute of Holy Land Studies (now called Jerusalem University College). In 1986, he graduated with an MA in Old Testament from Reformed Theological Seminary. In 1991, he was awarded an MPhil in Hebraic and Cognate Studies from Hebrew Union College. His doctoral studies were completed in 1992, also at Hebrew Union College, where he specialized in Rabbinic Literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is Professor of Early Judaism and Christian Origins at Evangel University, and Adjunct Professor of Hebrew Language at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.