The Discourse Analysis of Hebrew Prophetic Literature: Determining the Larger Textual Units of Hosea and Joel

by Ernst R. Wendland

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381 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1995

About the author

Dr. Ernst R. Wendland is an American academic, theologian, translator and specialist in Biblical languages as well as African languages & literature who has primarily lived and worked in Africa.

Professor Wendland earned a B.A. in Biblical Languages from Northwestern College (Wisconsin), an M.A. in Linguistics and a Ph.D. in African Languages and Literature from the University of Wisconsin, and a Master of Sacred Theology from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. He has lived in Zambia since 1962 and has been an instructor at Lusaka Lutheran Seminary since 1968. A former United Bible Societies Translation Consultant in Zambia, he serves (since 1999) as Professor Extraordinary in the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University (South Africa), a dissertation examiner in Zambian languages for the University of Zambia’s Department of Literature and Languages, and as Adjunct Professor (thesis supervisor/examiner) at South African Theological Seminary and several other universities. He is on the editorial review board of a number of academic journals. His research interests include various aspects of Bible translation as well as structural, stylistic, poetic, and rhetorical studies in biblical texts and/or the Bantu languages of South-Central Africa. He maintains a website of publications and related resources at: https://sun.academia.edu/EWENDLAND.

Professor Wendland is the son of the late Pastor Ernst H. Wendland, who was a well-known Lutheran missionary in Africa.