Wendy Huisken

Job Title

• Adjunct Faculty
  Master of Divinity, Bethel Seminary

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I am an author, teacher, and scholar, who loves helping people understand the Bible so they can know God better. Most of my study has been in the Old Testament, and I am especially passionate about helping the Church taste and see how good, meaningful, and relevant it is for today.

Started at Bethel

2016

Education

• University of the Free State - PhD, 2012
• University of Wisconsin-Madison - Master of Arts, 2008
• Grand Rapids Theological Seminary - Master of Divinity, 2004

Publications

I publish under my maiden name, Wendy Widder.

Books:

• Forthcoming. Daniel. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI. Zondervan.
• Forthcoming. Lexham Research Commentaries: Daniel. Bellingham, WA. Lexham Press.
• 2017. Lexham Bible Guides: Jonah. Bellingham, WA. Lexham Press.
• 2016. Daniel. The Story of God Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI. Zondervan.
• 2014. Living Whole Without a Better Half - revised and updated. Grand Rapids, MI. Kregel Publications. (First edition 2000).
• 2014. "To Teach" in Ancient Israel: A Cognitive Linguistic Study of a Biblical Hebrew Lexical Set. BZAW 456. Berlin. DeGruyters
• 2013. Augustine versus Luther: On Sin, Sexuality, and Salvation. Bellingham, WA. Logos Bible Software.
• 2008. Co-author with Richard A. Widder, The Forest and the Trees: Helping Teachers Integrate a Biblical Worldview Across the Curriculum. Eugene, OR. Wipf & Stock.
• 2003. A Match Made in Heaven: How Singles and the Church Can Live Happily Ever After. Grand Rapids, MI. Kregel Publications.

Articles/Papers:

• Forthcoming. "Letting Nebuchadnezzar Speak: The Use of First Person in Daniel 4." Old Testament Essays 32.1 (2019).
• 2015. "The Theology of Prayer in Daniel," in Praying with Ancient Israel: Exploring the Theology of Prayer in the Old Testament. Edited by Phillip G. Camp and Tremper Longman III. Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University Press.
• 2015. "Association of Christian Schools International," Encyclopedia of Christian Education. Edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport. Lanham, MD: Rowman & LIttlefield.
• 2015. "Evangelism Explosion," Encyclopedia of Christian Education. Edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
• "The Court Stories of Joseph (Gen 41) and Daniel (Daniel 2 and 4) in Canonical Context: A Theological Paradigm for God's Work Among the Nations." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2013. Published in Old Testament Essays 27.3 (2014): 1112-28.
• "Teaching 'in the Hand of God' (byd-l) in Job 27:11: yrh-Hiphil in Transitive Clausal Constructions with Prepositional Phrases." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2013.
• 2013. "The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu," Bible Study Magazine (Sept/Oct).
• "Thematic Correspondences between the Zedekiah Texts of Jeremiah (Jer. 21-24; 37-38). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Milwaukee, WI, Nov. 16, 2012. Published in Old Testament Essays 26.2 (2013): 491-503.
• "Disambiguation with Parallel Verbs: yrh-H, ysr-D, and Isaiah 28:26." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Chicago, IL, Nov. 19, 2012. Published in Journal for Semitics 22.2 (2013): 255-67.
• 2012. "Proverbs 1-9: Listening to the Voices," Bible Study Magazine (May/June).
• 2012. "A Woman of Influence [Jezebel]" Bible Study Magazine (March/April): 34-35.
• 2003. "Bringing in the Single Sheep," On Mission (Nov-Dec), 36-40.
• 1996. "'Twas the Night of the Program," Teachers in Focus (December), 16.

Books coauthored with colleagues at Logos Bible Software:

• 2013. Co-author with Derek Brown, Lexham Bible Guides: 2 Corinthians. Bellingham, WA. Logos Bible Software.
• 2013. Co-author with Douglas Mangum, Lexham Methods Series: Traditional Criticism. Bellingham, WA. Logos Bible Software.
• 2013. Co-author with Douglas Mangum, Lexham Methods Series: Literary Criticism. Bellingham, WA. Logos Bible Software.
• 2013. Co-author with Derek Brown, Miles Custis, and Douglas Mangum, Lexham Methods Series: Textual Criticism. Bellingham, WA. Logos Bible Software.
• 2013. Co-author with Douglas Mangum and Miles Custis, Lexham Bible Guide: Genesis 12-50. Bellingham, WA. Logos Bible Software.
• 2012. Co-author with Douglas Mangum and Miles Custis, Lexham Bible Guide: Genesis 1-11. Bellingham, WA. Logos Bible Software.
• 2012. Co-author with Derek Brown, Miles Custis, and Douglas Mangum, Jacob: Discerning God's Presence. Bellingham, WA. Logos Bible Software.

Website

http://www.wendywidderhuisken.wordpress.com; http://www.wendywidder.com