Professor Louis C. Jonker (born 1962 in Riversdal, Western Cape province) is a South African Biblical scholar and writer.
in Theology Cum Laude in 1987; He completed his Masters studies on a Hebrew language-related topic, receiving a MA (Semitic Languages) Cum Laude 1986, with a thesis "'n Sintakties-semantiese studie na die partisipium aktief in I Konings".
[1] His interest in exegetical methodology and hermeneutics prompted him to enroll for a Doctorate in Old Testament studies.
His thesis "Exclusivity and variety : a typological study towards the integration of exegetical methodologies in Old Testament studies" [2] was published in 1996 by Kok Pharos in The Netherlands as Exclusivity and variety : perspectives on multidimensional exegesis (ISBN 9789039001431).
He has received numerous scholarships, also from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Bonn (2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017) He serves on the editorial boards of Vetus Testamentum (Brill) and Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (Mohr Siebeck) He is the recipient of the Andrew Murray - Desmond Tutu prize in 2018 for his book Defining All-Israel in Chronicles (2016) He has published both in English and in Afrikaans.