{"id":8426,"date":"2026-06-02T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/?p=8426"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:53:59","slug":"craig-koester-to-deliver-the-2026-fretheim-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2026\/06\/02\/craig-koester-to-deliver-the-2026-fretheim-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Koester to deliver the 2026 Fretheim lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 26, Luther Seminary will welcome eminent New Testament scholar and beloved Professor Emeritus <strong>Craig Koester \u201980 M.Div.<\/strong> to deliver the 2026 Fretheim Lecture in Biblical Theology titled \u201cThe Death of Jesus and the Message of Life According to John.\u201d Known especially for his groundbreaking work on Hebrews, Revelation, and John as well as for his sweeping and perennially popular course, Genesis to Revelation, Koester continues to contribute broadly to discussions of Scripture in the academy and the church. Koester previously taught at Luther Seminary for over 35 years. The Terence E. and Faith L. Fretheim Lecture in Biblical Theology series was established to provide Luther Seminary and surrounding communities with access to biblical-theological scholarship by prominent biblical scholars and theologians<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2026 ENDOWED LECTURES<\/h2>\n<p>The 2026 Rutlen Lecture on Faith and Creation with William P. Brown\u2014\u201dBe-Wilded by Wonder: Just Creation in the Book of Job\u201d\u2014can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/luthersem.edu\/rutlen26\">luthersem.edu\/rutlen26<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8426 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/RutlenLecture_19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Close-up of a person reading a book featuring large color photographs of white mountain goats.\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/RutlenLecture_35.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A man in a suit gestures expressively while speaking into a microphone on stage during a panel discussion with an audience seated nearby.\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/RutlenLecture_58.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A man in a suit speaks into a microphone during a filmed interview, viewed through a video camera monitor in the foreground.\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/issue\/summer-2026\/\">Read more from this issue of Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 26, Luther Seminary will welcome eminent New Testament scholar and beloved Professor Emeritus Craig Koester \u201980 M.Div. to deliver the 2026 Fretheim Lecture in Biblical Theology titled \u201cThe Death of Jesus and the Message of Life According to John.\u201d Known especially for his groundbreaking work on Hebrews, Revelation, and John as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"issue-summer-2026","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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