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- Professor of Exegetical Theology
- Assistant Faculty Marshal
Biography
Dr. Walter A. Maier III joined the Department of Exegetical Theology of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW), in November 1989, and specializes in Hebrew and Old Testament studies.
He received his AA from Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1972), BA from Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana (1974), MDiv from CTSFW (1978), and MA and PhD from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1984).
He taught in the theology department of Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois (1984–1989; chairman, 1989). He was assistant pastor at Concordia Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, from December 1989 through November 1992.
His doctoral dissertation on Asherah, a Canaanite goddess, was published in 1986 in the Harvard Semitic Monographs series. He contributed a number of articles to the Anchor Bible Dictionary and he has published articles in various journals. He authored the commentaries 1 Kings 1–11 (Concordia, 2018) and 1 Kings 12–22 (Concordia, 2019) for the Concordia Commentary series and is presently working on the 2 Kings commentary for that series. Maier is also one of the regular preachers on the cable Television program Worship Anew.
Selected Works
The titles below, as well as others by Dr. Maier, are available in the CTSFW Media Collection. For a complete list of Dr. Maier's works, please refer to his curriculum vitae (CV), which is available on this page.
- Lectionary Podcast-Advent 2-Series C
- Exegesis - Panel: Atonement in the Scriptures
- Exegesis - Tracing Eschatological Themes in Isaiah
- Exegesis - The Christology of 1-2 Kings
- Exegesis - Old Testament Paradigms for New Testament Worship
- Exegesis - Paul's Quotations from Genesis: 'The Intended Sense Is One?'
- Lectionary Podcast-Christmas 2-Series C
- Exegesis - Atonement Themes in the Old Testament
- 2014 Symposia - The Divine Presence Within the Cloud
- Exegesis - Justification: Representatitve Passages from the Old Testament
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - February 13, 2004
- Kramer Chapel Sermon -- October 26, 1994
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - January 21, 2008
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - May 13, 2005
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - September 27, 2018
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - July 25, 1991
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - October 22, 1997
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - February 12, 2016
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - July 17, 1989
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - June 14, 2004
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