Walter C. Kaiser, Ph.D., is the President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and the Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Old Testament. He was previously the Academic Dean and Vice President of Education, as well as Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL. He has written many books, including: 'The Old Testament in Contemporary Preaching', 'Classical Evangelical Essays in Old Testament Interpretation', 'Toward an Old Testament Theology', 'A Biblical Approach to Personal Suffering', 'Ecclesiastes: Total Life', 'Toward an Exegetical Theology', 'Biblical Exegesis for Preaching & Teaching', 'Hard Sayings of the Old Testament' and 'The Messiah in the Old Testament: a History of Israel'.