Karl Christian Johann Holsten

Karl Christian Johann Holsten (March 31, 1825 – January 26, 1897) was a German Protestant theologian.

Holsten was born in Güstrow, Mecklenburg. He studied at Leipzig, Berlin, and the Rostock, where he became a teacher of religion at the Gymnasium in 1852. In 1870, he became a professor of New Testament studies at the Bern and moved to the Heidelberg in 1876, where he remained until his death.

Holsten was a follower of the Tübingen school and supported Baur's views on the alleged antagonism between Petrinism and Paulinism. His writings include:

Zum Evangelium d. Paulus und d. Petrus (1867) Das Evangelium des Paulus dargestelit (1880) Die synoptischen Evangelien nach der Form ihres Inhalts (1886)