Helmut Koester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helmut Koester

biblical scholar

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1926

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2016

Profession: theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Helmut Heinrich Koester (December 18, 1926 – January 1, 2016) was a German-born American scholar of the New Testament and early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School.
His research was primarily in the areas of New Testament interpretation, history of early Christianity, and archaeology of the early Christian period.