Andrew E. Steinmann was Distinguished Professor of Theology and Hebrew at
Concordia University Chicago
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. He has authored twenty books and numerous articles relating to Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Biblical Hebrew, and Biblical Aramaic. His publications include books on the Old Testament canon, biblical chronology, Hebrew and Aramaic grammar, and commentaries on several Old Testament books. He retired from teaching in 2023.
Biography
Steinmann attended the
University of Cincinnati
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, graduating with a B. S. in Chemical Engineering. He pursued studies to enter the ministry of the
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
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, receiving a M. Div. from
Concordia Theological Seminary
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in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Subsequently he served as Associate Pastor of St. John Lutheran Church,
Fraser, Michigan
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, and later assistant professor at
Concordia University
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in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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. During this time he received a PhD in Near Eastern Studies at the
University of Michigan
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. Steinmann was translation coordinator for the
God's Word Translation
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History
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of the Bible, and currently serves on the Translation Oversight Committee for the
Christian Standard Bible
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. He also served as staff pastor at Lutheran Home in
Westlake, Ohio
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History
The area now known as the city of Westlake was first ...
, before he accepted a position at Concordia University Chicago. Dr Steinmann retired from teaching in May 2023, but he remains an active scholar.
Steinmann serves as a regular guest on the radio programs "Issues, Etc." and "The Bible Study" on KFUO in St. Louis, and has also been a guest on "Our World, His View" on
WLQV
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in Detroit and "Studio A" on KFUO.
Major publications
In ''The Oracles of God: The Old Testament Canon'', Steinmann reviewed the evidence for the history of the compilation and organization of the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach" . '' He has challenged the consensus on the date of the death of
Herod the Great
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, arguing that Herod died in 1 BC (Steinmann, Andrew. "When Did Herod the Great Reign?", Novum Testamentum, Volume 51, Number 1, 2009, pp. 1–29). With Rodger Young he has also argued that the source of the information on the
Parian Chronicle
The Parian Chronicle or Parian Marble (, Mar. Par.) is a Greek chronology, covering the years from 1582 BC to 299 BC, inscribed on a stele. Found on the island of Paros in two sections, and sold in Smyrna in the early 17th century to an ...