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Rosemary Jermann
Phone: 314.977.2859
jermann@slu.edu

September 15, 2004

Helmut Koester of Harvard Divinity School will deliver the 2004 Bellarmine Lecture, sponsored by Theology Digest, at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in the Anheuser-Busch Auditorium of John and Lucy Cook Hall. He will address "Paul's Proclamation of God's Justice for the Nations."

Koester studied under Rudolf Bultmann at the University of Marburg, worked with Günther Bornkamm at the University of Heidelberg and has been at Harvard for more than 45 years, where he is John H. Morison Research Professor of New Testament Studies and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the Divinity School.

He chairs the New Testament editorial board of Hermeneia: A Historical and Critical Commentary to the New Testament and is author of several books, including “History and Literature of Early Christianity,” “History, Culture and Religion of the Hellenistic Age,” and “Trajectories Through Early Christianity,” with James M. Robinson. He has contributed to scholarly lexicons and dictionaries, to numerous Festschriften, and to more than a dozen international journals.

There is no admission charge. Parking in the University garage at Grand and Laclede will be available for a special $4 rate.

For more information, call (314) 977-2859 or e-mail jermann@slu.edu