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May 29, 2020

Andreas Köstenberger on the Gospel of John

Andreas Köstenberger has videos here of talks that he did on the Gospel of John during two yearly For The Church Workshops in 2019 and 2020 hosted by Midwestern Seminary.

Aug 23, 2018

Interpreting Parables

Andreas Köstenberger has a brief discussion on interpreting parables here.

Mar 14, 2018

Köstenberger on Bblical Theology

You can find two recent addresses by Andreas Köstenberger on biblical theology in print here and here and in video here and here.

Mar 13, 2014

If you are planning to study or teach the Gospel of John you should check out Andreas Köstenberger’s revised edition of Encountering John: The Gospel in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective. There is much that could be said about this work but I will limit myself to two points: (1) what I like about it and (2) how this edition compares to the first edition.

There is much to like about the volume. For starters, it is user-friendly. Each chapter provides an introductory outline of its contents as well as learning objectives. There are numerous sidebars, tables, diagrams, and illustrations. This work is also well-written with a penchant for making accessible some fairly complex and complicated issues. For the more interested reader there are several good appendices and excurses. Over half of the book consists of a survey through John’s Gospel. This too was well written and I was consistently impressed with the quantity and quality of the material found here. This work is not a commentary per se, but it would provide a nice supplement to exegetical commentaries.

Some might wonder how this edition compares to the first edition. As an owner and user of both editions here are some thoughts. There is not much by way of changes in substance. In the preface, Köstenberger notes that the changes in the editions involved mainly “updating scholarly references in the endnotes and the bibliography, as well as going through the entire manuscript carefully and improving minor inaccuracies in style and (in a few cases) substance” (p. xi). That being said there is a relatively slight increase in the page count from 288 to 304. In sum, if you already have the first edition and are less interested in the scholarly works of the last fifteen years then the 2nd edition is not essential. But all things being equal, the modest price of the new edition ($29.99) makes this volume worth getting.

You can access a PDF excerpt here.

Thanks to Baker Academic for the copy used in this unbiased review.

Nov 3, 2011

Andreas Köstenberger at The Criswell College

Those who live in or near the Dallas area might want to come and hear Andreas Köstenberger speak in two chapel services as part of the Criswell Theological Lecture series. The lectures will be help on Tuesday, November 8 and Thursday, November 10 in the Horner Hall at Criswell College, 10:00 - 11:15 AM. The titles are:

Tuesday, November 8 - The Hermeneutical Triad: Exploring the Text's History, Literature, and Theology
Thursday, November 10 - John 3:16: What Does it Really Mean?

See here for additional information.

May 23, 2010

Köstenberger and O’Brien on Acts 15

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“Luke’s account of this momentous incident in Acts 15 has been described as ‘the most crucial chapter in the whole book,’ since it is positioned both ‘structurally and theologically at the very heart’ of Acts. “The chapter describes the turning point of Luke’s story. The threat to the expansion of the gospel to Gentiles is not only dealt with, but is turned around so that the Christian mission now extends to western Asia and Europe (15:36–19:41). After the council the Jerusalem church is hardly mentioned in Acts. Once the decision has been made, there is no further mention of the Jerusalem apostles (apart from 16:4), and the focus of the book is on the irresistible progress of the gospel to 'the ends of the earth' through Paul.”

Andreas J. Köstenberger and Peter T. O’Brien, Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission, ed. D. A. Carson (Downers Grove, IL, 2001), 151.