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{{short description|American biblical scholar, theologian, and academic}}
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'''Bruce K. Waltke''' (born August 30, 1930) is an [[Americans|American]] [[Calvinism|Reformed]] [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] professor of [[Old Testament]] and [[Hebrew language|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]].
'''Bruce K. Waltke''' (born August 30, 1930) is an American [[Calvinism|Reformed]] [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] professor of [[Old Testament]] and [[Hebrew language|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 ==
== Life ==
Waltke was born in [[New Jersey]] to parents in the [[Mennonite Brethren]] tradition. He received an [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] from [[Houghton College]], a [[Th.M.]] and [[Th.D.]] from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a [[Ph.D.]] from [[Harvard University]]. He has served as president of the [[Evangelical Theological Society]], was on the translation committee of the [[New American Standard Bible]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lockman.org/nasb/nasbprin.php |title=Translators of the NASB |publisher=The Lockman Foundation}}</ref> and [[New International Version]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biblica.com/en-us/the-niv-bible/meet-the-translators/ |title=NIV Bible Translators: Names and Denominational Affiliations }}</ref> and is an honorary member of the committee responsible for [[Today's New International Version]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biblica.com/bible/cbt/index.php |title=The Committee on Bible Translation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020134442/http://www.biblica.com/bible/cbt/index.php |archivedate=2009-10-20 }}</ref>
Waltke was born in [[New Jersey]] to parents in the [[Mennonite Brethren]] tradition. He received an [[Bachelor of Arts|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",.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waltke |first1=Bruce K. |title=The Theological Significations of ʼanti and ʻuper in the New Testament |date=1958 |publisher=PhD dissertation, Dallas Theological Seminary |pages=500 |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/20815976}}</ref> and his second, "Prolegomena to the Samaritan Pentateuch".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waltke |first1=Bruce K. |title=Prolegomena to the Samaritan Pentateuch |date=1965 |publisher=PhD dissertation, Harvard University |pages=403 |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/36223269}}</ref> 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),{{refn|group=lower-alpha|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}} Regent College (1976–1985; 1991–1995), Westminster Theological Seminary (1986–1990), Reformed Theological Seminary (1990–2010), and Knox Theological Seminary (2011–).
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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; {{ISBN|978-0802872678}}), ''Creation and Chaos'', and [[Bible commentary|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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/gm2002.php |title=2002 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners—Reference Works/Commentaries category }}</ref> 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 ''[[Geneva Bible|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/cba2008.php |title=2008 Christian Book Awards Winners—Bible Reference & Study category }}</ref>


Waltke served as president of the [[Evangelical Theological Society]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://etsjets.org/presidents/ |title=ETS Past Presidents – Evangelical Theological Society |date=29 January 2024 }}</ref>He was on the translation committee for the [[New American Standard Bible]] (NASB),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lockman.org/nasb/nasbprin.php |title=Translators of the NASB |publisher=The Lockman Foundation |access-date=2007-01-16 |archive-date=2006-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118110400/http://www.lockman.org/nasb/nasbprin.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has been on the Committee for Bible Translation (CBT), responsible for the [[New International Version]] (NIV), since its inception in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenivbible.com/niv-translators/ |date=13 March 2024 |title=Meet the NIV Translators }}</ref> He is the only current member of the CBT who was on the original committee for the NIV.
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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 [[Classics|Classical]] world. He is married and has three grown children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brucewaltkeonline.com/ |title=Bruce Waltke Books and Audio }}</ref>


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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; {{ISBN|978-0802872678}}), ''Creation and Chaos'', and [[Bible commentary|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/gm2002.php|title=2002 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners—Reference Works/Commentaries category|accessdate=Jul 12, 2024}}</ref> 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 ''[[Geneva Bible|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/cba2008.php|title=2008 Christian Book Awards Winners—Bible Reference & Study category|accessdate=Jul 12, 2024}}</ref>
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A ''[[festschrift]]'' entitled ''The Way of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Bruce K. Waltke'' (Zondervan, 2000; {{ISBN|0-310-22728-3}}) was edited by [[J. I. Packer]] and Sven K. Soderlund.


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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 [[Classics|Classical]] world. He is married and has three grown children.<ref>http://www.brucewaltkeonline.com/</ref>
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-04-09-IHE-evangelical-endorsing-evolution-forced-out09_ST_N.htm |title=Evangelical Scholar Forced Out After Endorsing Evolution |first=Scott |last=Jaschik |work=USA Today |date=2010-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/evangelical-bible-scholar-spurned-supporting-inclusion-evolutionary-theory/story?id=10395181 |title=Evangelist Spurned for Supporting Evolution |quote=A Prominent Evangelical Bible Scholar Has Been Attacked for Proposing That Evolution May Be True |first1=Dan |last1=Harris |first2=Michael |last2=Murray |date=2010-04-16 |publisher=ABC World News}}</ref> However, the RTS chancellor, Ric Cannada, later stated that this was not the case and that Waltke had submitted his resignation without solicitation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rts.edu/newsevents/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=1371 |title=Statement from Chancellor Ric Cannada to the RTS community and beyond |date=2010-04-11 |access-date=2010-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418031204/http://www.rts.edu/newsevents/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=1371 |archive-date=2010-04-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theaquilareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1860:professor-bruce-waltke-posts-an-open-letter-on-facebook |title=Professor Bruce Waltke Posts An ‘Open Letter to the RTS Community’ on Facebook |date=2010-04-13}}</ref><ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2010/april/bruce-waltke-headed-to-knox-theological-seminary-updated.html Bruce Waltke's entire letter] 2010-04-12</ref>


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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.
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Waltke now serves with the clergy at an [[ACNA]] Anglican parish in Washington.<ref>http://www.advent.church</ref>

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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-04-09-IHE-evangelical-endorsing-evolution-forced-out09_ST_N.htm |title=Evangelical Scholar Forced Out After Endorsing Evolution |first=Scott |last=Jaschik |work=USA Today |date=2010-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/evangelical-bible-scholar-spurned-supporting-inclusion-evolutionary-theory/story?id=10395181 |title=Evangelist Spurned for Supporting Evolution |quote=A Prominent Evangelical Bible Scholar Has Been Attacked for Proposing That Evolution May Be True |first1=Dan |last1=Harris |first2=Michael |last2=Murray |date=2010-04-16 |publisher=ABC World News}}</ref> However, the RTS chancellor, Ric Cannada, later stated that this was not the case and that Waltke had submitted his resignation without solicitation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rts.edu/newsevents/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=1371 |title=Statement from Chancellor Ric Cannada to the RTS community and beyond |date=2010-04-11 |access-date=2010-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418031204/http://www.rts.edu/newsevents/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=1371 |archive-date=2010-04-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theaquilareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1860:professor-bruce-waltke-posts-an-open-letter-on-facebook |title=Professor Bruce Waltke Posts An 'Open Letter to the RTS Community' on Facebook |date=2010-04-13}}</ref><ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2010/april/bruce-waltke-headed-to-knox-theological-seminary-updated.html Bruce Waltke's entire letter] 2010-04-12</ref>

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Waltke now serves with the clergy at an [[Anglican Church of North America|ACNA]] Anglican parish in Washington state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.advent.church/|title=Advent Anglican|website=Advent Anglican|accessdate=Jul 12, 2024}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==


===Thesis===
===Thesis===
*{{cite thesis|author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |title=Prolegomena to the Samaritan Pentateuch |type=Ph.D. |location= |publisher=Harvard University |date=1965 }}
*{{cite thesis|author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |title=Prolegomena to the Samaritan Pentateuch |type=Ph.D. |publisher=Harvard University |date=1965 }}


===Books===
===Books===
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |author2-last=Barker |author2-first=Kenneth L. |author2-link=Kenneth L. Barker |title=Bibliography for Old Testament exegesis and exposition |location=Dallas, TX |publisher=Dallas Theological Seminary |date=1975 |isbn= |oclc=8370624 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |author2-last=Barker |author2-first=Kenneth L. |author2-link=Kenneth L. Barker |title=Bibliography for Old Testament exegesis and exposition |location=Dallas, TX |publisher=Dallas Theological Seminary |date=1975 |oclc=8370624 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=Creation and Chaos: an exegetical and theological study of biblical cosmogony |location=Portland, OR |publisher=Western Conservative Baptist Seminary |date=1974 |isbn= |oclc=2218525 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=Creation and Chaos: an exegetical and theological study of biblical cosmogony |location=Portland, OR |publisher=Western Conservative Baptist Seminary |date=1974 |oclc=2218525 }}
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Waltke |editor1-first=Bruce K. |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Harris |editor2-first=R. Laird |editor2-link=R. Laird Harris |editor3-last=Archer |editor3-first=Gleason L. |editor3-link=Gleason L. Archer |title=Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=Moody Press |date=1980 |isbn=978-0-802-48631-8 |oclc=7172186 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/theologicalwordb01harr }} - in 2 volumes
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Waltke |editor1-first=Bruce K. |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Harris |editor2-first=R. Laird |editor2-link=R. Laird Harris |editor3-last=Archer |editor3-first=Gleason L. |editor3-link=Gleason L. Archer |title=Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=Moody Press |date=1980 |isbn=978-0-802-48631-8 |oclc=7172186 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/theologicalwordb01harr }} - in 2 volumes
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=Evangelical Spirituality : a biblical scholar's perspective |series=Evangelical Theological Society papers |volume=ETS-3920 |location= |publisher=Evangelical Theological Society papers |date=1988 |isbn= |oclc=18613301 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=Evangelical Spirituality : a biblical scholar's perspective |series=Evangelical Theological Society papers |volume=ETS-3920 |publisher=Evangelical Theological Society papers |date=1988 |oclc=18613301 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |author2-last=O'Connor |author2-first=Michael Patrick |author2-link=Michael Patrick O'Connor |title=An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax |location=Winona Lake, IN |publisher=Eisenbrauns, 1990 |isbn=978-0-931-46431-7 |oclc=20088442 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |author2-last=O'Connor |author2-first=Michael Patrick |author2-link=Michael Patrick O'Connor |title=An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax |year=1990 |location=Winona Lake, IN |publisher=Eisenbrauns, 1990 |isbn=978-0-931-46431-7 |oclc=20088442 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=Finding the Will of God: a pagan notion? |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2002 |isbn=978-0-802-83974-9 |oclc=48649263 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=Finding the Will of God: a pagan notion? |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2002 |isbn=978-0-802-83974-9 |oclc=48649263 }}
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Waltke |editor1-first=Bruce K. |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Sproul |editor2-first=R. C. |editor2-link=R. C. Sproul |editor3-last=Silva |editor3-first=Moisés |editor3-link=Moisés Silva |title=New Geneva Study Bible: bringing the light of the Reformation to Scripture : New King James Version |location=Nashville, TN |publisher=Thomas Nelson |date=1995 |isbn=9780840710918 |oclc=40444748 }} - Waltke served as OT editor.
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Waltke |editor1-first=Bruce K. |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Sproul |editor2-first=R. C. |editor2-link=R. C. Sproul |editor3-last=Silva |editor3-first=Moisés |editor3-link=Moisés Silva |title=New Geneva Study Bible: bringing the light of the Reformation to Scripture : New King James Version |location=Nashville, TN |publisher=Thomas Nelson |date=1995 |isbn=9780840710918 |oclc=40444748 }} - Waltke served as OT editor.
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*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Dance Between God and Humanity: reading the Bible today as the people of God |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2013 |isbn=978-0-802-86736-0 |oclc=813541335 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Dance Between God and Humanity: reading the Bible today as the people of God |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2013 |isbn=978-0-802-86736-0 |oclc=813541335 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Psalms as Christian Lament: a historical commentary |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-802-86809-1 |oclc=866857469 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Psalms as Christian Lament: a historical commentary |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-802-86809-1 |oclc=866857469 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |author2-last=Houston |author2-first=James M. |author2-link=James M. Houston |title=The Psalms as Christian Praise : A Historical Commentary |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2019 |isbn=978-0-8028-7702-4 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |author2-last=De Silva |author2-first=Ivan D. V. |title=Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans|date=2021 |isbn=978-0-8028-7503-7 }}


===Articles and chapters===
===Articles and chapters===
*{{cite journal |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Book of Proverbs and Ancient Wisdom Literature |journal=[[Bibliotheca Sacra]] |volume=136 |issue=543 |date=1979 |pages=222–238 }}
*{{cite journal |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Book of Proverbs and Ancient Wisdom Literature |journal=[[Bibliotheca Sacra]] |volume=136 |issue=543 |date=1979 |pages=222–238 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Micah |editor1-last=Wiseman |editor1-first=Donald J. |editor1-link=Donald J. Wiseman |title=Obadiah, Jonah and Micah |series=[[Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries]] |volume=26 |location=Nottingham, England |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1988 |isbn=978-1-783-59263-0 |oclc= }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Micah |editor1-last=Wiseman |editor1-first=Donald J. |editor1-link=Donald J. Wiseman |title=Obadiah, Jonah and Micah |series=[[Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries]] |volume=26 |location=Nottingham, England |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1988 |isbn=978-1-783-59263-0 }}
*{{cite journal |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=Aims of OT Textual Criticism |journal=[[Westminster Theological Journal]] |volume=51 |issue=1 |date=Spring 1989 |pages=93–108 }}
*{{cite journal |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |title=Aims of OT Textual Criticism |journal=[[Westminster Theological Journal]] |volume=51 |issue=1 |date=Spring 1989 |pages=93–108 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Oral Tradition |editor1-last=Conn |editor1-first=Harvie M. |editor1-link=Harvie M. Conn |title=Inerrancy and Hermeneutic |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker |date=1988 |pages=117–36 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Waltke |author1-first=Bruce K. |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Oral Tradition |editor1-last=Conn |editor1-first=Harvie M. |editor1-link=Harvie M. Conn |title=Inerrancy and Hermeneutic |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker |date=1988 |pages=117–36 }}
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==Festschrift==
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Bruce K. Waltke
Born (1930-08-30) August 30, 1930 (age 93)
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

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

Thesis

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

Books

Articles and chapters

  • ——— (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

Festschrift

Notes

  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

  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. ^ http://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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