Dr. John Kessler
Dr. John Kessler
Professor Emeritus of Old Testament
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
- Approaching Yehud: New Approaches to the Persian Period (2007) (Chapter)
- Apple of the Eye (2006) (Article)
Academic Credentials
Conjoint Doctorate, Docteur de l'Université, Sorbonne-Paris IV and Docteur en Théologie, Institut Catholique de Paris, 1995
BA, University of Waterloo, 1980 MA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1982
BTh, Tyndale College, 1978
Areas of Specialization
The Book of Haggai, Israelite History and Literature of the Early Second Temple Period, Old Testament Theology, Hebrew