Douglas K. Stuart
DOUGLAS K. STUART, Ph.D.
Professor of Old Testament, 1971
B.A. (Harvard University); Yale Divinity School, Ph.D. (Harvard University).
Dr. Stuart has been Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell since 1971.
In 1964, Dr. Stuart received the Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Harvard College. He spent two years in graduate study at Yale Divinity School, and then returned to Harvard University, where he was awarded the Ph.D. degree in 1971. The subject of his thesis was Old Testament and early Semitic poetry.
Dr. Stuart is a scholar of the Old Testament, Assyrian and Babylonian languages and literature, and the cultures of the Ancient Near East. He controls the use of many languages including Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Aramaic, Egyptian, Ugaritic, Babylonian, Assyrian, Syriac, Arabic, French and German. At Gordon-Conwell, his courses are in such areas as Hebrew, Aramaic, Old Testament Survey, biblical exegesis, the prophetical books, the poetical books, biblical interpretation and more.
He is the author of articles in major journals and magazines, including the Journal of Biblical Literature, the Bulletin of the Schools of Oriental Research, Christianity Today and Decision. He has written 10 books: Studies in Early Hebrew Meter (Scholar Press, 1976), Old Testament Exegesis (Westminster Press, rev. ed. 1982), How To Read the Bible for All Its Worth (with G.D. Fee, Zondervan, 1983), Favorite Old Testament Passages (Westminster, 1985), Hosea-Jonah (Word Biblical Commentary, 1987), Ezekiel (Communicator's Commentary, 1989), Word Biblical Themes: Hosea-Jonah (Word Books, 1989), and A Guide to Selecting and Using Bible Commentaries (Word, 1990), Malachi (The Minor Prophets, Baker Books, 1998) and Jonah in the New Bible Commentary and Zechariah (Eerdmans, forthcoming).
Dr. Stuart is active in several organizations, including the American Schools of Oriental Research and the International Society for Septuagint and Cognate Study. He has served as co-chair of the Old Testament Colloquium for the Boston Theological Institute, a consortium of Boston's seminary and university Biblical professors. He is also past president of the Boston Orthomolecular Society, a trustee emeritus of the Massachusetts Bible Society and chair of the board of directors of Boxford Academy.
In addition to pastoring several churches in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Dr. Stuart has preached and taught widely.
Dr. Stuart is frequently asked to lecture to college and university groups and has appeared as a guest on radio and television talk shows and Mysteries of the Bible. He is a pastor as well as a professor, and currently serves as the senior pastor of Linebrook Church of Ipswich, MA.
He and his wife, Gayle, have eight children, Joanna (28), Eliza (25), Eden (21), Milliesha (19), Hannah (17), Maria (15), Delia (15) and Jonathan (14). They live in a 320-year-old historic house in Boxford, Massachusetts.
Dr. Douglas Stuart's Publications
• Communicator's Commentary: Ezekiel (Communicator's Commentary Series, Old Testament)
• Ezekiel (Mastering the Old Testament Vol. 18)
• How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding the Bible
• La Lectura Efficaz de la Biblia
• The Speaker's Handbook
• Word Biblical Commentary: Hosea-Jonah
• Favorite Old Testament Passages: A Popular Commentary for Today
• Old Testament Exegesis: A Primer for Students and Pastors
• A Guide to Selecting and Using Bible Commentaries