Albert M. Wolters
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Early life and education
Born in the Netherlands on September 9, 1942, Wolters studied at Calvin College (BA, 1964), the Free University of Amsterdam (PhD, 1972), and McMaster University (MA, 1987).[1]
Publications
Wolters' best-known book is Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview, originally published in 1985[3] with a second edition in 2005.[4] It has been translated into Spanish[5] and other languages.[3]
Following in the tradition of Reformed writers such as Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck, Herman Dooyeweerd, and D. H. Th. Vollenhoven,[6] Wolters outlines a worldview based around the categories of creation, fall, and redemption.
Wolters has made a particular study of the Copper Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He has published multiple papers on the subject[7] as well as a pamphlet The Copper Scroll: Overview, Text and Translation as a supplement to the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.[8]
Wolters has published several articles on the book of Zechariah,[9] and a major commentary which focuses on the way the book of Zechariah has been interpreted through history.[10]
References
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- ↑ Review by Gordon J. Spykman, Calvin Theological Journal 20.2 (1985), p. 331.
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- ↑ Wolters, A., 'Confessional Criticism and the Night Visions of Zechariah', in C. Bartholomew, C. Greene, and K. Möller (eds.), Renewing Biblical Interpretation (The Scripture and Hermeneutics Series; vol. 1; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000), 90-117; Wolters, A., 'Zechariah 14 and Biblical Theology', in C. G. Bartholomew (ed.), Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation (Bletchley: Paternoster Press, 2004), 261-85; Wolters, A., 'Zechariah 14: A Dialogue with the History of Interpretation', Mid-America Journal of Theology 13 (2002), 39-56; Wolters, A., 'Zechariah, Book of', in M. J. Boda and J. G. McConville (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament Prophets (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2012), 889-99.
- ↑ Wolters, A., Zechariah (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament; Leuven: Peeters, 2014). Reviewed by Anthony R. Petterson, in Review of Biblical Literature 09 (2016).