Per Erik Beskow was a Swedish biblical scholar, theologian, church historian, patrologist and associate professor at Lund University.
11 Facts About Per Beskow
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Per Beskow was born on December 23,1926, as son of the postmaster Erik Janzon and Elsa Nygren.
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Per Beskow belonged to the Beskow family through his grandmother Anna Beskow.
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Per Beskow was ordained in the Church of Sweden in 1952 for Strangnas diocese, and then continued his licentiate and doctoral studies in practical theology and church history.
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Per Beskow defended his thesis in Uppsala in 1962 for theology doctoral degree and became a master of philosophy in 1966.
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Per Beskow was appointed associate professor in exegetical patristics at Uppsala University after his doctoral thesis and was promoted to theology jubilee doctor in 2012.
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Per Beskow taught in the New Testament Exegesis at Uppsala from 1973 to 1974.
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Per Beskow published a series of translations of patristic texts.
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Per Beskow was a member of the Nathan Soderblom Society and the Science Society in Lund.
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Per Beskow died on March 3,2016, in Visby on the island of Gotland.
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Per Beskow updated his researches on these "mysteries" in The Blackwell Companion to Jesus.