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Bruce Waltke

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Bruce K. Waltke
Born (1930-08-30) August 30, 1930 (age 94)
New Jersey, United States
TitleProfessor of Old Testament and Hebrew
Board member ofTranslation committee of the New American Standard Bible
Academic background
Education
Alma mater
ThesisProlegomena to the Samaritan Pentateuch (1965)
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical studies
InstitutionsDallas Theological Seminary
Regent College
Westminster Theological Seminary
Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida
Knox Theological Seminary
Notable worksProverbs (NICOT)

Bruce K. Waltke (born August 30, 1930) is an American Reformed evangelical professor of Old Testament and Hebrew. He has held professorships in the Old Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary, Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, and Knox Theological Seminary in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Life

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Waltke was born in New Jersey to parents in the Mennonite Brethren tradition. He received an A.B. from Houghton College, a Th.M. and Th.D. (Greek and New Testament) from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1956 and 1958, respectively, and a Ph.D. (Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature) from Harvard University in 1965. His first dissertation was titled "The Theological Significations of ʼanti and ʻuper in the New Testament",.[1] and his second, "Prolegomena to the Samaritan Pentateuch".[2] Additionally, Waltke has been awarded an honorary D.Litt. from Houghton College.

His teaching career as a professor of Old Testament consisted of Dallas Theological Seminary (1958–1976),[a] Regent College (1976–1985; 1991–1995), Westminster Theological Seminary (1986–1990), Reformed Theological Seminary (1990–2010), and Knox Theological Seminary (2011–).

Waltke served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society in 1975.[3] He was on the translation committee for the New American Standard Bible (NASB),[4] and has been on the Committee for Bible Translation (CBT), responsible for the New International Version (NIV), since its inception in 1974.[5] He is the only current member of the CBT who was on the original committee for the NIV.

Waltke's books include Intermediate Hebrew Grammar, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion? (Eerdmans, 2016; ISBN 978-0802872678), Creation and Chaos, and commentaries on Proverbs (New International Commentary on the Old Testament, 2 vols.), Micah (Tyndale Commentary Series), and with C. J. Fredricks Genesis (Zondervan 2001, ISBN 978-0-310-22458-7), which was a winner of the 2002 Gold Medallion Book Award.[6] He was co-editor for the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, and he was the Old Testament editor for the Expositor's Bible Commentary series, the New Geneva Study Bible, and the Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible. He wrote An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach, which received an ECPA Christian Book Award in 2008.[7]

Waltke has travelled widely as a Bible expositor, as an area supervisor for excavations at Gezer, Israel, and as the director of field study trips to the Middle East and the Classical world. He is married and has three grown children.[8]

A Festschrift, The Way of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Bruce K. Waltke, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000; ISBN 0-310-22728-3) was edited by J. I. Packer and Sven K. Soderlund.

In April 2010, news reports emerged alleging that Waltke was asked to resign his professorship at the Reformed Theological Seminary because he advocated that evolution and Christianity were compatible in a video on the Biologos Foundation's website.[9][10] However, the RTS chancellor, Ric Cannada, later stated that this was not the case and that Waltke had submitted his resignation without solicitation.[11] Waltke himself clarified things: "Ric's acceptance of my resignation has only added to the emotional turmoil; I have received letters from many quarters condemning RTS for his action. In fact, I was asked to be interviewed about my resignation on ABC News with Diane Sawyer! Of course, I refused because I am certain it would have been spun to reflect negatively on RTS and the church. I find no fault with the RTS administration; in fact, I think they did the right thing."[12][13]

Waltke now serves with the clergy at an ACNA Anglican parish in Washington state.[14]

Works

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Thesis

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  • Waltke, Bruce K. (1965). Prolegomena to the Samaritan Pentateuch (Ph.D.). Harvard University.

Books

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Articles and chapters

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  • ——— (1979). "The Book of Proverbs and Ancient Wisdom Literature". Bibliotheca Sacra. 136 (543): 222–238.
  • ——— (1988). "Micah". In Wiseman, Donald J. (ed.). Obadiah, Jonah and Micah. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Vol. 26. Nottingham, England: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 978-1-783-59263-0.
  • ——— (Spring 1989). "Aims of OT Textual Criticism". Westminster Theological Journal. 51 (1): 93–108.
  • ——— (1988). "Oral Tradition". In Conn, Harvie M. (ed.). Inerrancy and Hermeneutic. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. pp. 117–36.
  • ——— (Fall 1990). "The Date of the Conquest". Westminster Theological Journal. 52 (2): 181–200.
  • ——— (1979). "The Book of Proverbs and Old Testament Theology". Bibliotheca Sacra. 136 (544): 302–317.
  • ——— (Autumn 1996). "Does Proverbs Promise Too Much". Andrews University Seminary Studies. 34 (2): 319–336.
  • ——— (Fall 2008). "Righteousness in Proverbs". Westminster Theological Journal. 70 (2): 225–237.

Training course

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Festschrift

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Notes

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  1. ^ During this span, he spent two years away at Harvard obtaining his second doctorate and one year as a post-doctoral fellow in Jerusalem at Hebrew Union College

References

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  1. ^ Waltke, Bruce K. (1958). The Theological Significations of ʼanti and ʻuper in the New Testament. PhD dissertation, Dallas Theological Seminary. p. 500.
  2. ^ Waltke, Bruce K. (1965). Prolegomena to the Samaritan Pentateuch. PhD dissertation, Harvard University. p. 403.
  3. ^ "ETS Past Presidents – Evangelical Theological Society". 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Translators of the NASB". The Lockman Foundation. Archived from the original on 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  5. ^ "Meet the NIV Translators". 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ "2002 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners—Reference Works/Commentaries category". Retrieved Jul 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "2008 Christian Book Awards Winners—Bible Reference & Study category". Retrieved Jul 12, 2024.
  8. ^ "国产精品午夜小视频观看,免费国产男女乱淫视频网站,日本乱子人伦在线视频,亚洲一区二区观看播放". www.brucewaltkeonline.com.
  9. ^ Jaschik, Scott (2010-04-09). "Evangelical Scholar Forced Out After Endorsing Evolution". USA Today.
  10. ^ Harris, Dan; Murray, Michael (2010-04-16), Evangelist Spurned for Supporting Evolution, ABC World News, A Prominent Evangelical Bible Scholar Has Been Attacked for Proposing That Evolution May Be True
  11. ^ "Statement from Chancellor Ric Cannada to the RTS community and beyond". 2010-04-11. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  12. ^ "Professor Bruce Waltke Posts An 'Open Letter to the RTS Community' on Facebook". 2010-04-13.
  13. ^ Bruce Waltke's entire letter 2010-04-12
  14. ^ "Advent Anglican". Advent Anglican. Retrieved Jul 12, 2024.
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