"[1] Wenham read theology at Cambridge University, graduating in 1965 with distinction, and completed his PhD on Deuteronomy in 1970.
Gordon studied theology at Cambridge University, and went on to do Old Testament research at King's College London.
He taught Old Testament in the Department of Semitic Studies of Queen's University in Belfast before moving to Cheltenham.
He has held teaching positions or served as visiting lecturer at a range of institutions around the world.
[2] Wenham has written a large number of articles and several books, including commentaries on Genesis, Leviticus, and Numbers, and more recently a study of Old Testament narrative ethics, Story as Torah (T & T Clark, 2000), and Exploring the Old Testament: the Pentateuch (SPCK: 2003).