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Pablo Besson

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Pablo Besson
Paul Besson at 70 years old
BornPaul-Henri Besson Edit this on Wikidata
4 April 1848 Edit this on Wikidata
Nods Edit this on Wikidata
Died30 December 1932 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 84)
Buenos Aires Edit this on Wikidata
EducationBachelor of Theology Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationTheologian Edit this on Wikidata

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]

Education

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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.

Bibliography

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  • Pablo Besson (1894). Cartas sobre la reforma en España. Buenos Aires : Iimprenta, Calle Corrientes 716. OCLC 912421157.
  • Pablo Besson (1895). Marcos Perez. Buenos Aires. OCLC 67947759.
  • Pablo Besson (1910). El patronato eclesiástico. OCLC 718497243.
  • Pablo Besson (1909). El nacimiento sobrenatural de Jesu-Cristo. OCLC 718654040.
  • Pablo Besson (1910). La Inquisición en Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Impr. de J.H. Kidd. OCLC 237204598.
  • Pablo Besson (1919). El Nuevo Testamento. Buenos Aires, Telleres gráficos "Schenone". OCLC 825105243.
  • Pablo Besson (1948). El nuevo testamento de nuestro señor Jesucristo. Buenos Aires, Convención Evangélica Bautista. OCLC 3522811.

References

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  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. ^ a b 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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