Helmut Koester
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Helmut Koester (born 1926) is a German-born American scholar of the New Testament, and currently Research Professor of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School.
Koester was a student of Rudolf Bultmann, and later an assistant of Günther Bornkamm at Heidelberg University 1954-6. He was a visiting professor at Harvard in 1958, and became the John H. Morison Professor of Ecclesiastical History in 1963. His students include Elaine Pagels, Richard Horsley and many other prominent scholars in the field of Biblical studies. Although now emeritis, he continues to teach at Harvard Divinity School and mentor students. His current projects include overseeing the Harvard project Archeological Resources for the Study of the New Testament with Laura Nasrallah. Portions of this collection have been published by Trinity Press as a CD-ROM "Cities of Paul: Images and Interpretations from the Harvard New Testament Archaeology Project" with contributions from Charalombos Bakirtzis, Marianne Palmer Bonz, Steven Friesen,Cavan Concannon and Robyn Faith Walsh, among others.
Published Books
- Ancient Christian Gospels. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1990.
- Introduction to the New Testament. New York: DeGruyter, 1982. Second Edition, 2002.
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