Dr. Hobert Farrell grew up in Charleston, West Virginia. After his educational preparation, he pastored a Congregational Church in Salem, Massachusetts. During this time he also began teaching as a graduate assistant/Ph.D. candidate at Boston University School of Theology in the Fall of 1967. Then, Dr. Farrell taught at John Wesley College, Owosso, Michigan, 1971-78 and at LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas, 1978-2003. Beginning at Boston University and at John Wesley College and LeTourneau University he used J. Gresham Machen's New Testament Greek for Beginners for first year Greek students.