Douglas Stuart (biblical scholar)

Douglas K. Stuart (born February 8, 1943) is Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, an interdenominational Evangelical Seminary. He received his B.A. "magna cum laude" from Harvard College in 1964, spent two years at Yale Divinity School, and in 1971 received his PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Literature from Harvard University, on meter in Hebrew Poetry.
His books include "How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth", and "How to Read the Bible Book-By-Book" (both of which he co-authored with New Testament scholar and then fellow Gordon-Conwell professor Gordon Fee); "Old Testament Exegesis: A Primer for Students and Pastors"; "Hosea-Jonah" (Word Biblical Commentary); and "Exodus" (New American Commentary). His articles have appeared in such publications as "Christianity Today" and "Decision" magazine. He has been quoted in "Time" magazine, and also has appeared in the television series "Mysteries of the Bible" and "Christianity: The First Thousand Years". He also served as the senior pastor of the Linebrook Church of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and was the former senior pastor of Boxford's First Congregational Church. He is the father of eight grown children, four of which he and his wife adopted. He currently resides in Bradford, Massachusetts and watches over two tree farms in Farmington, New Hampshire.