14 Facts About Francis Andersen

Francis Ian Andersen was an Australian scholar in the fields of biblical studies and Hebrew.

Francis Andersen taught Old Testament, History, and Religious Studies at various institutions in Australia and the United States, including Macquarie University, the University of Queensland, and Fuller Theological Seminary.

Francis Andersen's published works include the Tyndale commentary on Job, and Anchor Bible commentaries on Hosea, Amos, Habakkuk and Micah, and over 90 papers.

Francis Andersen received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Queensland in Chemistry in 1947.

Francis Andersen accepted a position as Demonstrator in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne, where he taught until 1953.

Francis Andersen received a Master of Science in Physical Chemistry in 1951, and a Bachelor of Arts in Russian in 1955, both from the University of Melbourne.

Francis Andersen received a PhD with a dissertation entitled "Studies in Hebrew Syntax".

Francis Andersen subsequently became David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, in Pasadena, California from 1994 to 1997.

Francis Andersen died on 13 May 2020 at the age of 94.

Francis Andersen became an authority on the book of 2 Enoch, a book of the Pseudepigrapha preserved in the Old Church Slavonic language.

Francis Andersen made a number of trips to the Soviet Union, including a visit in January 1989 under an exchange agreement between the University of Queensland and the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Francis Andersen spent much time examining ancient manuscripts in various libraries in Leningrad, including the Russian National Library, the Library of the Oriental Institute, and the Library of the Academy of Sciences.

Francis Andersen was able to shed light on a number of important manuscripts hitherto little accessed by Western scholars.

Francis Andersen made a visit to Bulgaria in 1986 and published an article on Pseudepigrapha studies there.