Education
A.B. Hope College, M.Div. Western Theological Seminary, Ph.D. Yale University
carol.bechtel@westernsem.edu
Courses
BF103 Old Testament Life and Ministry
BF110 Biblical Hebrew
BF111 Hebrew Translation and Interpretation
BF514 Seminar in Psalms
BF517 Wisdom Literature of the Bible
BF520 Esther
BF524 Ruth
BF525 Jonah
BF614 Hebrew Reading
CM529 Tuned for Praise
The Bible is more than just a collection of ancient stories about strange people in faraway lands. It is, in a very real sense, our story. Watching students come to that realization is one of the most exciting things about teaching the Bible
Background
Before joining Western's faculty in 1994, Carol Bechtel taught at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. She has also served as a teaching fellow at Yale Divinity School and as interim pastor of Turn of River Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Connecticut. Dr. Bechtel preaches and teaches widely and is a General Synod Professor of Theology in the Reformed Church in America. She has written several books, including Esther: A Commentary for Teaching and Preaching in the Interpretation series, and two devotional collections, Glimpses of Glory and Life After Grace. Her love for music is evident in two of her Bible study curricula: Hallelujah! The Bible and Handel's Messiah and Sowing Tears, Reaping Joy: The Bible and Brahms' Requiem. Her most recent publication is a curriculum entitled Job and the Life of Faith: Wisdom for Today's World.