Passing of Helmut Koester

I just heard the news of the passing of Helmut Koester (1926-2015). He was a towering figure in NT studies with volumes on the Jesus tradition, Gospels, trajectories in early Christianity, a very technical NT Intro, and the city of Ephesus. There is an obituary over at Harvard’s University Lutheran Church.

I think Koester may have been the last of Rudolf Bultmann’s doctoral students (correct me if I’m wrong).

HT: Jim West

Photo: HDS