Richard Ivan Pervo was an American biblical scholar, former Episcopal priest, and Fellow of the Westar Institute.
11 Facts About Richard Pervo
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Richard Pervo was best known for his works on the New Testament book of Acts of the Apostles.
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Richard Pervo was born in Lakewood, Ohio, the son of Ivan Richard Pervo and Elizabeth Kline.
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Richard Pervo married Karen E Moreland on April 2,1967.
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Richard Pervo received his undergraduate degree from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1964.
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Richard Pervo received a Bachelor of Divinity at the Episcopal Divinity School of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and earned his Th.
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Richard Pervo died of leukemia in St Paul, Minnesota on May 19,2017.
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Richard Pervo taught at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and as professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota.
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In February 2001, Richard Pervo was arrested after investigators found thousands of images of child pornography on his work computer at the University of Minnesota.
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Richard Pervo was sentenced to one year in a state workhouse and eight years probation.
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Richard Pervo formally resigned from the University of Minnesota as of June 2001, having been suspended since his arrest.