For Immediate Release

Biblical Theologian to Lecture on Christology on October 3–6 at Princeton Seminary

Princeton, NJ, September 13, 2005–Dr. Leander E. Keck, Winkley Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology at Yale University Divinity School, will deliver the annual Stone Lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary on October 3–6. The general theme of the lectureship is “Jesus in New Testament Christology.”

The author of several books on the New Testament, a former editor of a monograph series for the Society of Biblical Literature, and the convener of the editorial board of the prominent New Interpreter’s Bible (Abingdon, 1994–2002), Keck has been a leader in the field of biblical theology for many years.  After receiving his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1957, he taught at Wellesley College, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, and both at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and its Graduate School before returning to Yale in 1979 to serve as dean of the Divinity School, a post he held for ten years.  He has received numerous honors and invitations to give prestigious lectureships in theology and religion both in the United States and abroad.

The times and topics of the individual Stone Lectures are:

Monday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m.– “The Task of New Testament Christology”
Tuesday, October 4 at 1:15 p.m.– “Jesus and God’s Rectitude:  Romans”
Tuesday, October 4 at 7:00 p.m.– “Jesus and Our Rectitude:  Matthew”
Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00 p.m.– “Jesus and the Exegesis of God:  John”
Thursday, October 6 at 1:15 p.m.– “The Task of the Interpreter”

The lectures are open to the pubic and free of charge. They will take place in the Main Lounge of the Mackay Campus Center. A reception for Dr. Keck will immediately follow the first lecture. For more information, call 609-497-7760.

The Stone Lectures were created in 1871 by Levi P. Stone, Esquire, of Orange, New Jersey, a director and also a trustee of the Seminary. He created the foundation for the lectureship in 1883.

Princeton Theological Seminary was founded in 1812, the first seminary established by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. It is the largest Presbyterian seminary in the country, with more than 700 students in five graduate degree programs.