Samuel Lucien Terrien

Samuel Lucien Terrien (March 27, 1911 – February 6, 2002) was a French-American Protestant theologian and biblical scholar. A professor at Union Theological Seminary for thirty-six years, he is known for his biblical commentary, particularly for his scholarly contributions to the study of Job and the Psalms in the Old Testament and for his book, ''The Elusive Presence'' (1978), in which he presented a new theology of the presence and absence of God written largely in the context of cult, not covenant. It incorporated both Old and New Testaments in a broader ecumenical context and introduced a way for future theologians to ask how the presence of God is experienced by engaging the wisdom traditions to explore how ‘empirical observation can testify to a divine presence in human life just as visionary experiences can.'

Terrien's articles and books on the Book of Job have been influential among theological scholars. His study of the Psalms, culminating in ''The Psalms: Strophic Structure and Theological Commentary'' (2003), is an extensive exegesis of the Psalter that offers a meticulous translation of the texts as well as their theological significance. Provided by Wikipedia