• • Professor of Exegetical Theology
• • Assistant Faculty Marshal

Biography

Dr. Walter A. Maier III joined the Exegetical Department of Concordia Theological Seminary (CTSFW), Fort Wayne, in November 1989, and specializes in Hebrew and Old Testament studies.

He received his A.A. from Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1972), B.A. from Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana (1974), M.Div. from CTSFW (1978), and M.A. and Ph.D. 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. Maier is also one of the regular preachers on the cable T.V. program “Worship Anew.”