Dr. Gordon Oeste

Lecturer in Old Testament

 Email: goeste [at] tyndale.ca

Academic Credentials

PhD, University of Saint Michael’s College, University of Toronto, 2008
MDiv, Sioux Falls Seminary, 1993
BAR, Taylor University College, 1990

Areas of Specialization

Warfare in the Bible and Ancient Near East, The Book of Judges, Narrative Criticism, Old Testament Theology, Historical Books

Biography

Dr. Gord Oeste is married to Carolyn and has two grown children. Education: Ph.D. University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto. Teaching: Professor of Old Testament for 10 years (Heritage Seminary); Gord is an ordained pastor who has served churches in South Dakota, Winnipeg, and Toronto. He is currently the Teaching Pastor at Cedar Creek Community Church in Cambridge, Ontario. Gord has published reviews, articles, and books, including: Legitimacy, Illegitimacy, and the Right to Rule: Windows on Abimelech’s Rise and Demise in Judges 9 (Bloomsbury, 2011) and Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?: Wrestling with Troubling War Texts (InterVarsity, 2019).

Dr. Oeste is teaching Hebrew Grammar I & II in Spring & Summer 2025.