Pablo Besson

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Pablo Besson
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Paul Besson at 70 years old
BornPaul-Henri Besson  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
4 April 1848  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Nods   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Died30 December 1932  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (aged 84)
Education Bachelor of Theology   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Occupation Theologian   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Paul-Henri Besson (4 April 1848 Nods, Switzerland - 30 December 1932 Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Swiss Baptist missionary, biblical scholar, linguist, writer and historian. [1] [2] [3] Paul Besson is considered the initiator of the Evangelical Baptist Convention of Argentina. He is known for his translation of the New Testament, the first in all of Latin America, from koine Greek into Spanish. [4] Besson was recognized by the entire Argentine Protestant movement. [3] [5] [6]

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Education

He studied at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Neuchâtel (1868). He returned to study at the University of Basel, to finish his degree in theology.

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References

  1. Gerald H. Anderson, ed. (1999). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 59. ISBN   9780802846808.
  2. "Nuestra Universidad". Facultad Besson. Sembrando la palabra de Verdad.
  3. 1 2 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (January 2011). "Pablo Besson, uno de los iniciadores de la Obra Bautista en Argentina" (PDF). Reflexión Bautista: 7.
  4. Mario Revel. "Pablo Besson".
  5. Justo C. Anderson (2003). Historia de los Bautistas Tomo 3. Historia de los Bautistas, Justo C. Anderson. Editorial Mundo Hispano. ISBN   9780311150380.
  6. Robert F. Elder (1934). "Pablo Besson of Argentina" (PDF). The Baptist Quarterly. 7 (1): 27–33. doi:10.1080/0005576X.1934.11750309.

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