Sad News: Krister Stendahl

Notification has come from Harvard Divinity School of the death of the renowned NT scholar Krister Stendahl:

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

This is sad news.  Attention has rightly focussed on Stendahl's contribution to Pauline studies via the essay on 'Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West', but he made many, many other contributions to the guild and in particular was key to the reassessment of the ways in which NT scholarship portrayed 2nd Temple Judaism - a fitting legacy for a true teacher of the church.  May he rest in peace.

Comments

[Michael Westmoreland-White]

Sad news, indeed. Thanks for the notice, Sean.