John Walton - Wheaton College

Professor: John Walton

Department: TBD

College: Wheaton College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He just talks about his own ideas and his own books and wants you to cite his books. He is nice but his grading is sketchy. Just hope he happens to like you and not like others in the class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a phenomenal professor and will change the way you look at the OT. He can be hard but as long as you do the work you'll get a good grade. Certainly has some interesting opinions and is firm on what he believes but also clear that you don't have to agree with him. Great rapport with students!!! He is well respected and I learned so much!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is the most innocent 95 year relic I've ever known. He has excellent speaking patterns and understands how to communicate to students. His grading criterion is the most vague I've ever seen, and all of his sources cite themselves. If you want to hear some interpretations of the bible that you have never heard before, take his class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you like classes that are mainly lecture, he's the man for you. My main complaint was that he left controversial topics too open-ended that I personally think the Bible is clear on. However, he did teach a comprehensive, inspiring overview of the OT. (Bonus--he'll have you over for dinner). He is a fine choice for OT--but perhaps not the best.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

You need to write papers using his own sources and write what he wants to hear. He is very nice and cares about the students. He is good about answering questions, but his gives very one sided lectures.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BITH500
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Grading criteria were extremely vague, and feedback given on projects was cynical and rude at times. Valuable lecture content was often lost in the frustrations of trying to figure out what mattered.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Walton is incredibly bright and a leading figure in the origins debate. He's really kind and genuine, but somewhat hard to approach. The tests are all reasonable, but he is a difficult grader on the essays. Make sure to use the sources he gives you... and write what he wants to hear.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Unbelievable! So good. Walton opened my eyes to the Old Testament. A lot of people will tell you his philosophy is wrong, but that's because his teaching style can come off pretty arrogant. But his philosophy on scripture truly saved how I read the Bible, and I encourage you to give it a look. Calling him wrong is like denying Gandalf, imho.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I have never learned so much in a class. He is very intelligent and very interesting. This was one of my best classes and best professors. It is difficult though. There is a lot of busy work and his grading is difficult. Be prepared to hear some crazy and controversial ideas. Great professor though.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BITH213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is very knowledgeable, which makes for ok lectures. But he is pretty arrogant, and his sense of humor is probably more appealing to middle schoolers rather than college students. Lots of busy work (which he even calls busy work), a lot of memorization of somewhat insignificant facts. I'd take someone else

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Smart man, but very arrogant. Good lecturer, doesn't like to be challenged in class and he has strange/wrong ideas that need clarification. The amount of HW is insane and not graded well by his TA. I was excited to take an OT class but found it's a class about his ideas and not on what the OT says.Take this class w/ someone else and save your GPA!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome teacher; I've never learned so much about such an important subject. He requires a fair amount of work, but I would never take anyone else for OT.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He does not teach an easy class, but you will learn *so* much from him. I HIGHLY recommend you take Old Testament from him if you can!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BITH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Extraordinarily smart man who will change the way you view the Old Testament. Content can be dry, and grading is difficult. If I were to choose again, I'd go with someone else.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BITH539
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Understanding the mindset of those who lived in the ancient Near East is incredibly helpful in biblical interpretation. There probably isn't a better scholar under whom a student could study these things in the United States.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: OT200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I had him at Moody for MANY OT LIt classes. Learned so much and gained amazing perspective from him. Got to know him personally; very friendly, funny, and loves students.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: OTLITANDINT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very straight forward class. Lots of worksheets. If you are good at memorization you will do fine on the final. He has a real love for the Word and is crazy about power point.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ANEGEN
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

ANE: difficult and brilliant. GEN: independant. Extremely atomistic, basically a classic historical-critic. Not interested in synthetic biblical theology. Very, very helpful thoughts on how to bring ANE to bear on texts. Very good Hebrew scholar. Controversial biblical theology.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: OLDTESTAM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great prof.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: OTLIT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

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