Simon J. Kistemaker is a New Testament

New Testament

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 scholar. He is Professor Emeritus

Emeritus

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 of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary

Reformed Theological Seminary

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. Kistemaker studied at Calvin College

Calvin College

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 and Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Seminary

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 before obtaining a ThD

THD

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 from the Free University

Vrije Universiteit

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 in Amsterdam. He is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society

Evangelical Theological Society

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, and completed the New Testament Commentary series that was commenced by William Hendriksen

William Hendriksen

William Hendriksen was a New Testament scholar and writer of Bible commentaries. He was born in Tiel, Gelderland, but his family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1911. Hendriksen studied at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary before obtaining an S.T.D...

. Four of Kistemaker's volumes in this series won the Gold Medallion Evangelical Book of the Year Award.

External links

• Simon J. Kistemaker – Professor Interview at goingtoseminary.com.