Albert M. Wolters

Albert M. Wolters
Born	Albert Marten Wolters (1942-03-30) March 30, 1942 (age 82) Netherlands
Academic background
Alma mater	Calvin College Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam McMaster University
Influences	Abraham Kuyper H. Evan Runner
Academic work
Discipline	Biblical studies philosophy
School or tradition	Neo-Calvinism
Institutions	Redeemer University College
Main interests	Copper Scroll
Notable works	Creation Regained (1985)

Albert Marten "Al" Wolters (born 1942) is an emeritus professor of religion at Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ontario (near Hamilton).[1] He has been described as a "towering figure" in the Kuyperian neo-Calvinist pantheon.[2]

Early life and education

Born in the Netherlands on March 30, 1942,^[citation needed] 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

1. "Al Wolters". Redeemer University College. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
2. McIlhenny, Ryan (2009). "A Third-Way Reformed Approach to Christ and Culture: Appropriating Kuyperian neocalvinism and the Two Kingdoms Perspective" (PDF). MAJT. 20: 82. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
3. Aniol, Scott (April 26, 2012). "Book review: Creation Regained, Albert M. Wolters". Artistic Theologian. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
4. Wolters, Albert M. (2005). Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview (2nd ed.). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0802829696.
5. Wolters, Albert M.; Morales, Victor (2006). La Creacion Recuperada: Bases Biblicas Para Una Cosmovision Reformacional. Dordt College Press. ISBN 978-0932914712.
6. Review by Gordon J. Spykman, Calvin Theological Journal 20.2 (1985), p. 331.
7. "Bibliography of the Copper Scroll". Bar-Ilan University. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
8. Wolters, Al (October 1996). The Copper Scroll: Overview, Text and Translation (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement). Sheffield Academic Press.
9. 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.
10. Wolters, A., Zechariah (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament; Leuven: Peeters, 2014). Reviewed by Anthony R. Petterson, in Review of Biblical Literature 09 (2016).