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By James D. III Smith,Philip Sellew

This quantity celebrates the original contributions of Helmut Koester, who has been a pacesetter for 50 years as pupil, professor, editor, and mentor. Having studied on the universities of Heidelberg and Marburg, Koester used to be a scholar of either Günther Bornkamm and Rudolf Bultmann. He all started instructing at Harvard Divinity college in 1958, the place he's presently John H. Morison examine Professor of Divinity and Winn examine Professor of Ecclesiastical heritage. he's the chair of the hot testomony Editorial Board of Hermeneia: A severe and ancient observation at the Bible and long-time editor of Harvard Theological assessment (1975–1999). between his a variety of guides are Trajectories via Early Christianity (with James M. Robinson); historical Christian Gospels; historical past, tradition, and faith of the Hellenistic Age; historical past and Literature of Early Christianity; and The towns of Paul: photographs and Interpretations from the Harvard Archaeology venture (CD-ROM). He was once President of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1991 and was once provided an honorary doctorate from Humboldt college (Berlin) in 2006.

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Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, Harold W. Attridge, Klaus Baltzer, Arthur Bellinzoni, Gary A. Bisbee, Ann Graham Brock, John Clabeaux, Eldon Jay Epp, Everett Ferguson, Steven J. Friesen, Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre, Robert A. Kraft, AnneMarie Luijendijk, Dennis MacDonald, Jennifer okay. Berenson Maclean, Christopher R. Matthews, Shelly Matthews, Lee Martin McDonald, Laura Nasrallah, George W. E. Nickelsburg, Michael O'Laughlin, Carolyn Osiek, Elaine Pagels, Stephen J. Patterson, Birger A. Pearson, Richard I. Pervo, Norman R. Petersen, David M. Scholer, Daniel Schowalter, Philip Sellew, Dennis E. Smith, James D. Smith III, Krister Stendahl, Robert F. Stoops, Jr., Christine M. Thomas, David L. Tiede, Demetrios (Trakatellis), James C. Walters, Demetrius ok. Williams

James D. Smith III is affiliate Professor of Church background at Bethel Seminary San Diego, Lecturer in Theology and non secular reports on the collage of San Diego, and at the pastoral employees of faculty street Baptist Church in San Diego. he's at the editorial board of 'Christian background & Biography' journal. he's additionally coeditor of 'The Subjective Eye: Essays in tradition, faith, and Gender in Honor of Margaret R. Miles' and of the imminent 'Encyclopedia of Christian Literature'.

Philip Sellew is affiliate Professor of Classical and close to jap stories and Director of Graduate experiences on the college of Minnesota. he's the writer of the drawing close quantity 'The Hundredfold present: Martyrdom and Sexual Renunciation in Christian North Africa' and is coeditor of 'Pauline Conversations in Context: Essays in Honor of Calvin J. Roetzel'. He has been the editor of 'Currents in study: bible study' and 'Forum'.

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