Bruce K. Waltke (born August 30, 1930) is an

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professor of

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and

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. He has held professorships in the Old Testament at

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, and

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Life

Waltke was born in

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to parents in the

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tradition. He received an

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from

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, a Th.M. and

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from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a

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from

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. He has served as president of the

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, was on the translation committee of the

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and

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, and is an honorary member of the committee responsible for

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. Waltke's books include ''Intermediate Hebrew Grammar'', ''Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax'', ''Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?'' (Eerdmans, 2016; ), ''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, ), which was a winner of the 2002

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. 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

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in 2008. Waltke has travelled widely as a Bible expositor, as an area supervisor for excavations at

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, and as the director of field study trips to the

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and the Classical world. He is married and has three grown children. A ''

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'' entitled ''The Way of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Bruce K. Waltke'' (Zondervan, 2000; ) was edited by

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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

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and

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were compatible in a video on the

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's website. However, the RTS chancellor, Ric Cannada, later stated that this was not the case and that Waltke had submitted his resignation without solicitation. 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

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! 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." Waltke now serves with the clergy at an ACNA Anglican parish in Washington.

Works

Thesis

Books

* * * - in 2 volumes * * * * - Waltke served as OT editor. * * - retitling of the New Geneva Study Bible. * * * * * * * * * *

Articles and chapters

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Training course

Festschrift

References

External links

Faculty page at Knox Theological SeminaryLectures by Waltke
from Regent Radio at Regent College
Lectures by Waltke
at ReformedSermons.org
Advent Anglican, where Waltke currently serves
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