Frederick J. Gaiser
Professor of Old Testament
Editor of Word & World
Frederick Gaiser came to Luther Seminary as a lecturer in Old Testament in 1973 and was promoted to professor in 1991. He has served as acting dean of students (1986-88) and as registrar (1975-77). He currently directs the Luther Seminary in Zimbabwe Program.
Gaiser began his career as a research chemist at Upjohn Pharmaceutical in Kalamazoo, Mich. (1959-60). He was interim pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Warren, Ohio in 1963. Ordained in 1969, he was pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Humboldt, S.D. (1969-74). While there, he also was an enabler and teacher of theology at CENCOAD, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D.
He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature. He has been the editor of Word & World since 1988. He has also served on the Inter-Lutheran Task Force on Occasional Services and the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship.
After receiving the B.A. degree from Kalamazoo (Mich.) College in 1959 (outstanding chemistry graduate, Phi Beta Kappa), Gaiser earned the M.Div degree from Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary (now Trinity) in Columbus, Ohio, in 1963. He received the Dr.Theo. degree from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 1985.
Gaiser edited and published The Quest for Jesus and the Christian Faith and translated for publication Yahweh-The Patriarch (by Erhard Gerstenberger) and The Song of Songs (by Othmar Keel). He is the author of David: God's Shepherd, Warrior and King (Inspire Bible Study Series).
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