Walter A. Maier III received Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. (1984). He served as a professor in the Theology Department of Concordia College, River Forest, Ill., from 1984 to 1989. From 1989 to 1992 he was assistant pastor at Concordia Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne. He joined the Exegetical Department of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, in 1989 and has taught Hebrew and courses in the Old Testament. He has been a pastoral assistant (Emanuel Lutheran Church, New Haven, Ind., 1996–1998; Our Hope Lutheran Church, Huntertown, Ind., 2003–present), and since 1998 he has served as one of the regular pastors on the TV program Worship for Shut-Ins (now Worship Anew).