Bruce Waltke, W. H. Griffith Thomas Memorial Lecturer

February 1, 2007

Dr. Bruce K. Waltke is a preeminent Old Testament scholar. He holds a Th.D. from Dallas Theological and a Ph.D. from Harvard. Currently he is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies at Regent College and Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary. He has taught Bible Exposition for more than fifty years and is known as a teacher with a pastoral heart.

  • Team taught expository preaching at DTS with Haddon Robinson
  • Old Testament editor for the New Geneva Study Bible
  • Member of the translation committee for the New International Version 
  • Taught homiletics at Westminister Theological Seminary 
  • Previous president of the Evangelical Theological Society 
  • Author of the most exhaustive commentary of Proverbs ever written – 
    • The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 1-15
    • New International Commentary on the Old Testament
      Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.
    • The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 15-31
    • New International Commentary on the Old Testament
      Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

The series this year is entitled “Preaching the Book of Proverbs:”