writings birth_place nationality offices_held birth_date ordained article_title education name occupation
over , largely on rhetorical criticism one hundred books , dozens of scholarly articles tilden , nebraska american professor -rrb- ; professor of theology , columbia theological seminary -lrb- of 1986-2003 -rrb- ; william marcellus mcpheeters professor emeritus of old theology testament , columbia theological seminary -lrb- 2003-present -rrb- , eden theological seminary -lrb- 1961-1986 11 march 1933 united church of christ walter brueggemann
 elmhurst seminary , saint louis university college , eden theological seminary , union theological walter brueggemann professor of theology
walter brueggemann

walter brueggemann -lrb- born march 11 , 1933 in tilden , nebraska -rrb- is an american protestant old testament scholar and theologian .
brueggemann is widely considered one of the most influential old testament scholars of the last several decades .
