To the HDS community–
It is with immense sadness, but also with immense thankfulness for a singular life wonderfully well-lived, that I write to inform you that Krister Stendahl, our beloved friend, teacher, colleague, and former Dean, died this morning. A funeral service is planned for Friday morning at University Lutheran Church, and a memorial service to be held at Harvard’s Memorial Church is being planned for sometime in May. Details on that University event and on other chances to recall, celebrate, and honor Krister will be communicated as soon as we know them, by email as well as on the HDS website. Please keep all of the Stendahl family in your thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
William A. Graham,
Dean
Stendahl is well known both for his active role in the church and for his scholarship (and among New Testament scholars, his groundbreaking “Paul the Apostle and the Introspective Consciousness of the West”.
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