Dr. John Kessler
Title & Contact Info
Professor of Old Testament
Email: JKessler [at] tyndale.ca
Phone: 416.226.6620 ext. 6724
Academic Credentials
BTh, Tyndale College, 1978
BA, University of Waterloo, 1980
MA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1982
Conjoint Doctorate, Docteur de l'Université, Sorbonne-Paris IV and Docteur en Théologie, Institut Catholique de Paris, 1995
Areas of Specialization
The Book of Haggai, Israelite History and Literature of the Early Second Temple Period, Old Testament Theology, Hebrew
Biography
Dr. Kessler has served as Professor of Old Testament at Tyndale Seminary since 1992. He is Chair of the Biblical Studies Department. His publications include his recent monograph entitled, The Book of Haggai: Prophecy and Society in Early Persian Yehud (Brill, 2002) and a Festschrift for Donald Leggett, Teach Me Your Paths (Clements, 2000), coedited with Jeffrey Greenman. He has published articles in various journals, including the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Transeuphratène, Vetus Testamentum, Catholic Biblical Quarterly and the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament]/i]. Dr. Kessler has presented papers at the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, as well as at international scholarly conferences in the United States, France and Germany.
Faculty Publications
- “Is Haggai Among the Exclusivists?” A Response to Dalit Rom-Shiloni’s monograph Exclusive Inclusivity (2018) (Article)
- Patterns of Descriptive Curse Formulae in the Hebrew Bible, with Special Attention to Lev 26 and Amos 4:6–12 (2018) (Chapter)
- Curse, Covenant, and Temple in the Book of Haggai (2015) (Chapter)
- Haggai (2014) (Article)
- Haggai 2:5a: Translation, Significance, Purpose, and Origin (2014) (Article)
- Torah and Character: A Kid and its Mother’s Milk (Deut 14:21, Exod 23:19 and 34:26) (2014) (Chapter)
- Old Testament Theology: Divine Call and Human Response (2013) (Book)
- Haggai, book of. (2012) (Article)
- Prophecy at the Turning of the Ages: Imminent Crisis and Future Hope in Hag. 2:6-9; 20-23 and Zech. 2:10-17 [ET 6-13] (2010) (Article)
- From the Foundations to the Crenellations: Essays on Temple Building in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible (2010) (Chapter)
- The Concept of Exile in Ancient Israel and its Historical Contexts (2010) (Chapter)
- Traditions in Transition: Haggai and Zechariah 1-8 in the Trajectory of Hebrew Theology (2008) (Chapter)
- Approaching Yehud: New Approaches to the Persian Period (2007) (Chapter)
- Apple of the Eye (2006) (Article)
- Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (2006) (Chapter)
- Prophets, Prophecy and Prophetic Texts in Second Temple Judaism (2006) (Chapter)
- Building the Second Temple: Questions of Time, Text, and History in Haggai 1:1-15 (2002) (Article)
- The Book of Haggai: Prophecy and Society in Early Persian Yehud (2002) (Book)
- Teach Me Your Paths: Studies in Old Testament Literature and Theology (2001) (Book)
- Sexuality and Politics: The Motif of the Displaced Husband in 1-2 Samuel (200) (Article)
- ét (le temps) en Ag i 2: conflit théologique ou ‘sagesse mondaine’? (1998) (Article)
- The Second Year of Darius and the Prophet Haggai (1991) (Article)
- The Shaking of the Nations: An Eschatological View (1987) (Article)