V. Philips Long, also known as Phil Long, is an American Old Testament scholar.

Long has degrees from Wheaton College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and the University of Cambridge. He taught at Covenant Theological Seminary and the Freie Theologische Akademie in Germany before becoming Professor of Old Testament at Regent College.^[1]

Long served on the translation teams for the ESV^[2] and NLT.^[3] He is an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.^[1]

Long specializes in study relating to the historicity of the Bible. According to C. Hassell Bullock, Long's 1994 book The Art of Biblical History "represents a long stride in the direction of open and honest grappling" with the issues of biblical history.^[4]

• Long, V. Philips (1989). The Reign and Rejection of King Saul: a case for literary and theological coherence. Dissertation series (Society of Biblical Literature). Vol. 118. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press. ISBN 978-1-555-40391-1. OCLC 20093796.
• ——— (1992). Hebrew Power Pills. St. Louis, MO: V. P. Long. OCLC 42743673.
• ——— (1994). The Art of Biblical History. Foundations of contemporary interpretation. Vol. 5. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-43180-0. OCLC 29427793.
• ——— (1996). "The Art of Biblical History". In Silva, Moisés (ed.). Foundations of contemporary interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-20828-0. OCLC 34515023.
• ——— (1999). Israel's past in present research : essays on ancient Israelite historiography. Sources for biblical and theological study. Vol. 7. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-1-5750-6028-6. OCLC 42290498.
• ———; Wenham, Gordon J.; Baker, David W., eds. (2002). Windows into Old Testament History: evidence, argument, and the crisis of "Biblical Israel". Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-83962-6. OCLC 49226243.
• ———; Longman III, Tremper; Provan, Iain W. (2003). A Biblical History of Israel. Louisville, KY: Westminster, John Knox Press. ISBN 978-0-6642-2090-7. OCLC 52055642.