The Old Testament 
and the Ancient Near East

Welcome to the Website of
Ralph W. Klein

See also my new website:  Gruber Rare Books Collection and Other Rare Books

Christ Seminary-Seminex Professor
of Old Testament  1983-2008

Editor of Currents in Theology and Mission, 1974-2009
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Curator of the LSTC Rare Book Collection 2008-

Check   out "History Tables" with more than 450 illustrations under "Old   Testament" or "Ancient Near East"
 

Five grandsons bring up the offering at the inauguration of the
Ralph W. and Marilyn R. Klein Professorship in Old Testament
 

 The Chronicler as Theologian. 
Essays in Honor of Ralph W. Klein.  Edited by M. Patrick Graham, Steven L. McKenzie and Gary N. Knoppers.  A Festschrift presented to me at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature Meeting in Atlanta, November 22, 2003.  Review by Mark J. Boda in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
 

Seal of Shema, the servant of Jeroboam II, King of Israel 790-750 BCE

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