Edgar M. Krentz is Christ Seminary-Seminex Professor of New Testament emeritus at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (1983-1998). Previously he taught at Concordia Seminary and Christ Seminary-Seminex, both in St. Louis.

He has made major donations to the Rare Books Collection at LSTC, including rare books published before 1825, facsimiles of other rare books, and other valuable books published after 1825. His contributions to the Rare Books Collection will be recognized at a worship service on October 31, 2016, the 499th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation