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Krister Stendahl

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Krister Stendahl


Born
in Sweden
January 01, 1921

Died
April 15, 2008

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Krister Stendahl was a Swedish theologian and New Testament scholar, Emeritus Bishop of Stockholm (Lutheran); Professor Emeritus, Harvard Divinity School. Stendahl is perhaps most famous for his publication of the article "The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West."

Stendahl received his doctorate in New Testament studies from Uppsala University with his dissertation The school of St. Matthew and its use of the Old Testament (1954). He was later Professor at the Divinity School at Harvard University, where he also served as dean, before being elected Bishop of Stockholm in 1984. Stendahl was the second director of the Center for Religious Pluralism at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. After retiring in 1989, he r
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Paul Among Jews and Gentile...

3.95 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions
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Final Account: Paul's Lette...

3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Roots of Violence: Creating...

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School of St. Matthew & Its...

3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings9 editions
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Meanings: The Bible As Docu...

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions
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Energy for Life

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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The Bible and the Role of W...

3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions
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Immortality and Resurrectio...

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions
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Holy Week Preaching

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions
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Scrolls & The New Testament...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions
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“The more one pleases generally, the less one pleases profoundly.”
Krister Stendahl

“Our vision is often more abstracted by what we think we know than by our lack of knowledge.”
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