Prophet Without Portfolio

Dr. Virgil H. Todd was born in Jordonia, Tennessee on June 22, 1921, and went to be with God on October 21, 2014. He married Irene Rolman on September 21, 1941. Dr. Todd was an honor student at Bethel College, where he received his B.A. degree. He also received his B.D. degree from the Cumberland Presbyterian Seminary (now Memphis Theological Seminary), M.A. degree from Scarritt College, and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Todd was an ordained minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, serving churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the denomination in 1986. He was named Professor Emeritus of Memphis Theological Seminary in 1987 at the time of his retirement as Professor of Old Testament Studies, a position he held for thirty-three years and two years as adjunct professor. His other books include A New Look at an Old Prophet and Biblical Eschatology. It is with the kind permission of his estate that the Historical Foundation reprints this book, Prophet Without Portfolio.