Herbert Martin

July 15, 1938 (age 64)

Wolf joined the faculty at Wheaton College in 1967, where he continued as professor of Old Testament for more than 30 years. In 2001, he was honored with the Distinguished Service to Alma Mater award. Wolf was on the team of translators responsible for the original New American Standard Bible, first published in its complete form in 1971. He was invited by Committee on Bible Translation in 1976 to assist it in the final editorial review of the first edition of the Old Testament of the New International Version of the Bible. Wolf was diagnosed with leukemia in the fall of 2000, and died on October 18, 2002.

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Wolf was born July 15, 1938, to a family of German immigrants in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Wolf earned his Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College in 1960, his Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and his Doctor of Philosophy in Old Testament and Semitic languages at Brandeis University in 1967.

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Wolf joined the faculty at Wheaton College in 1967, where he continued as professor of Old Testament for more than 30 years. In 2001, he was honored with the Distinguished Service to Alma Mater award. Wolf was on the team of translators responsible for the original New American Standard Bible, first published in its complete form in 1971.

He was invited by Committee on Bible Translation in 1976 to assist it in the final editorial review of the first edition of the Old Testament of the New International Version of the Bible.

Wolf was diagnosed with leukemia in the fall of 2000, and died on October 18, 2002.

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