Walter Brueggemann Biography

Walter Brueggemann is a captivating Bible translator from recent memory. He has written over a hundred books and several scholarly articles. He continues to be a highly sought-after speaker. In 1933, Brueggemann was born in Tilden, Nebraska. He regularly cites his father's influence as a German Evangelical clergyman. Brueggemann attended Elmhurst College and earned an A.B. in 1955. In 1958, he graduated from Eden Theological Seminary with a B.D. (equivalent to today's M.Div.). He completed his formal religious education at Union Theological Seminary in 1961, earning a Th.D. under the supervision of James Muilenburg. He received a Ph.D. in training at St. Louis University while teaching at Eden. In his career, Brueggemann has worked at two institutions: Eden Theological Seminary (1961-1986) and Columbia Theological Seminary (1986-2003). He is currently William Marcellus McPheeters, emeritus professor of Old Testament at Columbia. Explanatory analysis is Brueggemann's primary method for dealing with content. Ones matter to Brueggemann, and one can tell just listening to him speak as he clings to particularly philosophically essential words. His masterpiece Theology of the Old Testament (1997) is an explanatory fundamental examination of the Old Testament through the main areas of witness conflict and advocacy.

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