Rickie D. Moore, Ph.D., is a noted theologian within the Pentecostal movement and a Professor of Old Testament

Old Testament

The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...

 Studies at the Church of God Theological Seminary. In 2007 he was named the head of the Bible and Theology Department at the Lee University School of Religion.

Dr. Moore received a B.A. from Lee College

Lee University

Lee University is an American accredited, private, four-year liberal arts college located in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. It is historically affiliated with the Church of God, a Pentecostal denomination, and was the denomination's Bible Training School from 1918 until 1947, when the name...

 in 1976, his M.A. from Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

 in 1982 and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt in 1988. He has been a member of the faculty of the Church of God Theological Seminary since 1982.

Moore's Vanderbilt University Ph.D. dissertation on the Elisha

Elisha

Elisha is a prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, or Alyasa via Arabic.-Biblical biography:...

 Stories in II Kings was revised and published with Sheffield Academic Press

Sheffield Academic Press

Sheffield Academic Press was an academic imprint, particularly highly regarded for publications in the fields of biblical studies and religious studies, based at the University of Sheffield. It was launched in the mid-1980s, co-founded by biblical scholars Philip R. Davies and David J. A. Clines....

 under the title, God Saves: Lessons From the Elisha Stories. Together with his seminary colleagues, John Christopher Thomas

John Christopher Thomas

John Christopher Thomas is a theologian within the Pentecostal movement and a Clarence J. Abbott Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary....

 and Steven Jack Land

Steven Jack Land

Steven Jack Land, Ph.D., a noted renewal theologian within the Pentecostal movement began serving as the president of the Church of God Theological Seminary in 2002. He is the first president of the institution to have been selected from the ranks of the seminary faculty.Dr. Land received the B. A...

, Moore is a founding editor of the Journal of Pentecostal Theology, the first academic series ever to feature constructive theology from a Pentecostal perspective on an international, scholarly level. Moore received a major research grant in 1994 by the Association of Theological Schools to study the relationship of charisma

Charisma

The term charisma has two senses: 1) compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others, 2) a divinely conferred power or talent. For some theological usages the term is rendered charism, with a meaning the same as sense 2...

 and canon

Biblical canon

A biblical canon, or canon of scripture, is a list of books considered to be authoritative as scripture by a particular religious community. The term itself was first coined by Christians, but the idea is found in Jewish sources. The internal wording of the text can also be specified, for example...

in the Old Testament.