Peter J. Scaer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Exegetical Theology
Supervisor of M.A. Program
Peter.Scaer@ctsfw.edu
260.452.2165

Dr. Peter Scaer did his undergraduate work in the Classics at Indiana University Bloomington, graduating in 1988. From there he went on to Concordia Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1992), and to Notre Dame, where he earned his M.A. (1995), and completed his doctoral dissertation on the Lukan Passion Narrative (Ph.D., 2001). From 1996 to 2000 Dr. Scaer served as the pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Arcadia, Indiana. He joined the Exegetical Department in 2000.

Dr. Scaer met his wife on his vicarage in Norman, Oklahoma, and has been married since 1991. They have three children.