Andreas J. Kostenberger

Andreas Johannes Kostenberger is an evangelical scholar, author and founder of Biblical Foundations. He is the Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS). He is founding director of the Center for Biblical Studies (CBS) . He is also the editor of Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. (JETS)

Andreas was born in Vienna, Austria on 2nd November 1957.

He has the following degrees:-
M.A. and Dr, from the Vienna University of Economics and Business 1980, 1982
M.D. at Columbia International University 1988
Dr. at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School 1993

On completion of his doctorate he became Professor of Biblical studies and Theology at Briercrest College and Seminary (1993-5).
In 1996 he took a teaching post at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) as Senior Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology. Stayed at SBTS to served as director of Ph.D. studies for next 12 years .
In 2007 elected to a 5 year term as Visiting Fellow at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge.
April 2018 MBTS elected him to faculty as Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology (2018-present.

Since 2000 he has been editor of JETS a refereed theological journal published by the Evangelical Theological Society. (See notes on JETS). He has also edited other Christian commentaries and guides.

Together wife his wife,Dr. Margaret, they founded in 2006 *Biblical Foundations.
The mission is to help restore the biblical foundations for the family, the church and society. ( See notes for 'Biblical Foundations

In 2006 he joined a round table to discuss Dan Brown’s book* The Da Vinci Code.*
He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs

2010 he lectured across Europe presenting scholarly papers on various themes concerning the theology of John the apostle. He has worked as a consultant on John’s Gospel for 4 English Bible translations. He has also be consulted on the epistle John 1-3 and Revelation for* Today’s English Version* (TEV)

He has authored, edited or translated close to 50 books. He has 93 works in 310 publications translated into 5 languages such as German. Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.

He is founding director of the Center for Biblical Studies at MBTS. The center *exists to engage in biblical scholarship for the church * ( See notes for CBS).

Andreas met his wife Margaret in 1988 when finishing his M.A. at Columbia University. They married in December 1989. They have 4 children and currently live in Kansas City.

May Andreas continue to deliver Holy Spirit inspired plenary addresses at the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society and regional meetings for many years to come.

Sources used
Biblical foundations
MBTS
The Center for Biblical Studies
Wikipedia