Walter C. Kaiser Jr. (born April 11, 1933) is an American Evangelical

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scholar, writer, public speaker, and educator. Kaiser is the Colman M. Mockler distinguished Professor of Old Testament and former President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, retired June 30, 2006. He was succeeded by

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Life and career

Kaiser was born in 1933 in Folcroft, Pennsylvania of German Baptist parents, Walter Christian Kaiser Sr. and Estelle Jaworsky Kaiser. He earned his A.B. from

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, his B.D. from Wheaton Graduate School, and both his M.A. and Ph.D. in Mediterranean studies from Brandeis University. Until 2006, he served as president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS). Previous to his appointment at GCTS he was academic dean and Professor of Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he taught for more than twenty years. In 1977 he served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society. A recipient of the Danforth Teacher Study Grant, Kaiser is a member of the Wheaton College Scholastic Honor Society. Prior to coming to Gordon-Conwell, Kaiser taught Bible and archeology at Wheaton College and taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in several capacities. In addition to teaching in the Old Testament department, he was senior vice president of education, academic dean, and senior vice president of distance learning and ministries. Kaiser currently serves on the boards of several Christian organizations.John H. Sailhamer, "Walter C. Kiser Jr.," in Bible Interpreters of the Twentieth Century: a Selection of Evangelical Voices, ed. Walter A. Elwell and J. D. Weaver (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Pub Group, 1999), 375-76. Kaiser has contributed to such publications as '' Journal for the Study of the Old Testament'', '' Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society'', ''

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'', '' Westminster Theological Journal'', and '' Evangelical Quarterly''. He has also written numerous books. He is a critic of, and rejects the

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Works

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* Walter Kaiser Jr. sermons at Aisquith Presbyterian Church http://www.aisquith.org/audio-sermons/?preacher=10 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaiser, Walter Jr. 1933 births Living people 20th-century American theologians 20th-century evangelicals 21st-century American theologians 21st-century evangelicals American biblical scholars American evangelicals Brandeis University alumni Evangelical theologians Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary faculty Old Testament scholars Seminary presidents Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni