John N. Oswalt

John N. Oswalt is an American Wesleyan scholar and distinguished professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He teaches in theology, Old Testament and ancient Semitic languages including Hebrew. Oswalt adheres to single, unitary authorship of the Book of Isaiah.

Biography Education Oswalt earned his B.A. at Taylor University. He further earned a B.D. and Th.M. from Asbury Theological Seminary and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University.

Career Oswalt is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church. He was president of Asbury College from 1983 to 1986. He is a Wesleyan scholar and distinguished professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He teaches in theology, Old Testament and ancient Semitic languages including Hebrew.

Scholarly contribution Isaiah Oswalt is the author a notable 2-volume commentary on the Book of Isaiah in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series. Most scholars believe that Isaiah had multiple authors, which Oswalt disputes. He argued that the source of all the chapters in the book of Isaiah are from Isaiah, though the book could have been assembled over the years from his collected works. He wrote that in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah is a single scroll with no signs of change between chapters 39 and 40. Also as far as we know the book has always existed in one collection called "Isaiah".

Theology Oswalt holds Wesleyan soteriological views. He is the editor of a Wesleyan systematic theology.

Selected works Oswalt's books and articles include:

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