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