Lutheran scholar, archaeologist Edgar M. Krentz dies at 93
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New Testament scholar and archaeologist Edgar M. Krentz died on October 31. He was 93.
Krentz was perhaps best known for his 1975 book The Historical-Critical Method, which provided an introduction to and survey of historical criticism as a means of biblical interpretation. He was also a longtime professor at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, teaching his last class in 2018 despite retiring 20 years earlier.
Krentz’s interest in the historical-critical method began in 1963.