is Aca d e mic Dean and Pro fes sor of Old Tes ta ment at Puri tan Reformed The o log i cal Sem i nary. He is a min is ter in the Free Pres by ter ian Church of North Amer ica. For merly, Dr. Bar rett served as pres i dent of Geneva Reformed Sem i nary. For almost thirty years, he was pro fes sor of Ancient Lan guages and Old Tes ta ment The ol ogy and Inter pre ta tion at Bob Jones Uni ver sity.