Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History
Ph.D., University of Basel (1957)
Ancient Near East; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Christianity and the Roman Empire; Reformation Era


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Office: 4356 Friedmann Hall
E-mail: paul.maier@wmich.edu
Phone: (269) 387-4816
Fax: (269) 387-4651

Teaching

Distinguished Scholar and Alumni Teaching Excellence awards; Professor of the Year award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Research

Dr. Maier's research includes a variety of methodologies involved in manuscript and text analysis, archaeology, and comparison of sacred and secular sources from the first century A.D.

Selected Publications

Books

A Man Spoke, a World Listened – The Story of Walter A. Maier (McGraw-Hill, 1963)

Pontius Pilate (Doubleday, 1968; Kregel, 1990)

(ed.) The Best of Walter A. Maier (CPH, 1980)

The Flames of Rome (Doubleday, 1981; Kregel, 1991)

In the Fullness of Time – A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter, and the Early Church(HarperSanFrancisco, 1991; Kregel, 1997)

(ed., trans, with G. Cornfeld) Josephus – The Jewish War (Zondervan, 1982)

(ed., trans.) Josephus – The Essential Works (Kregel, 1995)

(ed., trans.) Eusebius – The Church History (Kregel, 1999)

A Skeleton in God’s Closet (Thomas Nelson, 1994)

More Than a Skeleton (Thomas Nelson, 2003)

(with H. Hanegraaff), The Da Vinci Code – Fact or Fiction? (Tyndale, 2004)

Many of these titles have been published in twelve foreign language editions.

Other Publications

Well over 200 articles and reviews in such journals as Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, Church History, Harvard Theological Review, Hermes: Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Concordia Theological Quarterly, Concordia Journal, Mankind, Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Christian Herald.

Media

Dr. Maier lectures and does seminars on a wide range of topics, and appears frequently in national radio, television, and newspaper interviews. He has also written four books for children, and written and hosted three four-hour video series, available from Tobias Communications (1-800-463-4685).