George van Kooten

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George van Kooten
Born
Geurt Henk van Kooten

(1969-11-08) 8 November 1969 (age 53)
Delft, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Protestant)
Church Protestant Church in the Netherlands [1]
Ordained2008 [1]
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis The Pauline Debate on the Cosmos [2]  (2001)
Institutions

Geurt Henk van Kooten (born 1969), known as George van Kooten, is a Dutch theologian. He is the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge since 2018. [3]

Born on 8 November 1969 in Delft, Netherlands, van Kooten completed a Master of Arts degree in New Testament studies from Durham University (St Chad's College) in 1995. [4] In 1996 he earned another postgraduate degree in Jewish studies from the Oriental Institute at the University of Oxford. [5] His doctorate, awarded in 2001, is from the University of Leiden. [5]

He started his academic career as a lecturer at the University of Groningen (2002–2006). Subsequently he served the same school as Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity (2006–2018). [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "prof. dr. G.H. (Geurt Henk/George) van Kooten". Groningen, Netherlands: University of Groningen. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. Van Kooten, George H. (2001). The Pauline Debate on the Cosmos: Graeco-Roman Cosmology and Jewish Eschatology in Paul and in the Pseudo-Pauline Letters to the Colossians and the Ephesians (PhD thesis). Leiden, Netherlands: Leiden University. OCLC   782992774.
  3. University of Cambridge, Faculty of Divinity
  4. Van Kooten, George (30 June 1995). "The literary phenomenon of 'conflation' in the reworking of Paul's letter to the Colossians by the author of the letter to the Ephesians" (PDF). Durham University. Retrieved 28 October 2019.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. 1 2 3 "Van Kooten, Prof. George, (born 8 Nov. 1969), Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, since 2018; Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, since 2018". Who's Who UK. Retrieved 30 November 2018.