numerous articles and notes to Bible encyclopedias, dictionaries, and study Bibles. He has been involved in editing two commentary series. He has written commentaries on Joel, 1 and 2 Kings, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah. Dick Patterson is especially known for his research on the Old Testament as literature and his commitment to rooting the study of Scripture in the ancient world. He has often told his students that the stool on which rests the study of God’s Word has four legs, not three. In addition