Payne, J. Barton: - Dr. J. Barton Payne, who was professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, also taught at Wheaton College Graduate School of Theology, Wheaton, Illinois, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He was also actively affiliated with the International Christian Communications Foundation. Dr. Payne authored of An Outline of Hebrew History, Theology of the Older Testament, The Imminent Appearing of Christ, and editor of New Perspectives on the Old. He was a major contributor to reference books, including Baker's Dictionary of Theology, Pictorial Bible Dictionary, and The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, and to the New American Standard Bible. Dr. Payne also wrote articles for periodicals such as Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and Christianity Today.