Andreas Johannes Köstenberger (born November 2, 1957) is an Austrian-American Biblical scholar, who was Research Professor at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Until 2018, he was Senior Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) in

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. Kostenberger now teaches in an adjunct position at BJU Seminary in Greenville, SC. His primary research interests are the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John () is the fourth of the New Testament's four canonical Gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "Book of Signs, signs" culminating in the raising of Lazarus (foreshadowing the ...

, 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

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

in 1993. Köstenberger then taught at Briercrest Bible College 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 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (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."

Plagiarism

In 2017, Köstenberger's commentary on John in the Baker Exegetical Commentary was withdrawn from publication when the author reported "a series of inadvertently unattributed references." Several biblical scholars called it plagiarism. Subsequently, Zondervan publishers also retracted their Illustrated Bible Commentary, Volume 2: New Testament series. The unattributed references were from ''The Gospel According to John'', by D. A. Carson, who was Köstenberger's doctoral advisor.

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External links

Twitter profile

Biblical Foundations
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