Andreas Johannes Köstenberger (born November 2, 1957), usually cited as Andreas J. Köstenberger, is Research Professor at

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. Until 2018 he was Senior Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at

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(SEBTS) in

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. His primary research interests are the

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, biblical theology, and hermeneutics.

Life

Köstenberger was born on November 2, 1957, in

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, where he was raised in the

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. As a young man, Köstenberger converted to

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. At the age of twenty-seven, Köstenberger left Austria for the United States to pursue theological studies at Columbia Bible College and Graduate School of Missions. In 1990 Köstenberger began doctoral studies at

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) is an academic divinity school founded in 1897 and located in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois. It is part of and located on the main campus of Trinity International University. It’s ...

under D. A. Carson, submitting his dissertation on the mission motif in the

in 1993. Köstenberger then taught at

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for two years, returned to Trinity for a one-year teaching position to cover for D. A. Carson while he was on sabbatical (during which time, in 1996, Köstenberger received an "Award for Scholarly Productivity" from Trinity), and then took a teaching position at

(SEBTS) in 1996, where he was Senior Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology. He was for 22 years editor of the ''

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'' and founder of Biblical Foundations, an organization that "exists to strengthen the biblical foundations of the family, the church, and society.""Biblical Foundations."

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External links

Twitter profile

Biblical Foundations
- Köstenberger's website and blog at the official domain – includes list of publications. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostenberger, Andreas American Baptist theologians Living people Academic journal editors Editors of Christian publications Trinity Evangelical Divinity School alumni Vienna University of Economics and Business alumni 1957 births Columbia International University alumni People from Vienna New Testament scholars Baptist biblical scholars Austrian Baptists Austrian Protestant theologians Austrian expatriates in the United States Austrian evangelicals Converts to evangelical Christianity from Roman Catholicism