George van Kooten explained
| Pre-Nominals: | The Reverend Professor |
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| Birth Name: | Geurt Henk van Kooten |
| Birth Date: | 8 November 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Delft, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
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| Module2: | | Child: | yes | | Thesis Title: | The Pauline Debate on the Cosmos[2] | | Thesis Year: | 2001 |
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Geurt Henk van Kooten (born 8 November 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 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.
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).
Notes and References
- Web site: prof. dr. G.H. (Geurt Henk/George) van Kooten . Groningen, Netherlands . University of Groningen . https://web.archive.org/web/20160720134521/https://www.rug.nl/staff/g.h.van.kooten/cv . 20 July 2016 . 6 January 2019.
- 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 . Leiden, Netherlands . Leiden University . 782992774.
- https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/george-van-kooten University of Cambridge, Faculty of Divinity
- Van Kooten . George . The literary phenomenon of 'conflation' in the reworking of Paul's letter to the Colossians by the author of the letter to the Ephesians . 30 June 1995 . 28 October 2019 . Durham University.
- Web site: 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 . 30 November 2018 . en .
