Dr. Mitchell serves as professor of Old Testament and biblical backgrounds in the School of Theology. His research and writing focus on the Old Testament narrative and biblical archeology. He is most interested in how Old Testament authors literarily shape their texts; as well as how the combined ancient contexts of scripture, historical event, culture and language help us to better understand the author’s intended meaning.

Dr. Mitchell is the author of A Literary Examination of the Function of Satire in the Mispat Hammelek of 1 Samuel (Mellen Press, 2007). He is the co-author of Old Testament Survey (B&H 2007), which its third edition is forthcoming. Additionally, Dr. Mitchell served as an associate editor of the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (B&H, 2015) and an editor for the Modern English Version Bible translation (2015). He has contributed articles to the Lexham Geographic Commentary (Lexham, 2020), Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (B&H, 2003), and Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Baker, 2020).

Dr. Mitchell has contributed articles to the Southwestern Journal of Theology, Israel Exploration Journal, and Hadashot Arkheologiyot, and Biblical Illustrator. Furthermore, he has directed the Tel Gezer Regional Survey archeological project in Israel. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Near East Archaeological Society, and the Creation Theology Society. Dr. Mitchell loves the lands of the Bible and has traveled to and lead groups to, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Turkey over 20 times.

Dr. Mitchel attends Rock Creek Baptist Church where he serves as a teacher in the adult department and on the church security team.

Select Publications:

• Literary Examination of the Function of Satire in the Mispat Hammelek of 1 Samuel (Mellen Press, 2015)
• “ ’Did God Really Say?…’: The Significance of the Doctrine of Sufficiency in Bible Study and Interpretation,” In The Sufficiency of Scripture, edited by Scott Aniol and Travis Kerns (Seminary Hill Press, forthcoming).
• Old Testament Survey 3rd Ed. (B&H, forthcoming)