George Vernon Blankenbaker (born 1933) is an American

Old Testament The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...

theologian and one of only three scholars who worked on both the original 1971 translation of the

New American Standard Bible The New American Standard Bible (NASB, also simply NAS for "New American Standard") is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published by the Lockman Foundation, the complete NASB was released in 1971. New revisions were publis ...

as well as the 1995 update. He is the author of ''The Language of Hosea 1-3''. During his career, he served as vice-president and academic dean of

Westmont College Westmont College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Montecito, California, United States. It was founded in 1937. History Ruth Kerr, owner and CEO of the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company, established the school as the Bible Missiona ...

, where he currently serves as dean emeritus.

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Living people 1933 births Old Testament scholars Translators of the Bible into English Claremont Graduate University alumni Westmont College faculty {{US-theologian-stub