Mathew P. John was a Biblical Scholar and PresidentMax Gonsalves (Ed.), Society for Biblical Studies in India Directory 1998. of the Society for Biblical Studies in India.

Studies

M. P. John studied

Bachelor of Divinity In Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity or Baccalaureate in Divinity (BD or BDiv; la, Baccalaureus Divinitatis) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology ...

from 1943–1949

S. J. Samartha Stanley Jedidiah Samartha ( kn, ಸ್ಟಾನ್ಲಿ ಜೆದಿದಿಃ ಸಮರ್ಥ; 7 October 1920 – 22 July 2001) was an Indian theologianEeuwout van der Linden, ''Samartha, S. J.'' in Gerald H. Anderson, ''Biographical Dictionary ...

, M. P. John (Compiled), ''Directory of students 1910–1967'', Serampore College (Theology Department), Serampore, 1967, p.13. at Serampore College,

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during the Principalship of G. H. C. Angus.

Career

From 1947 to 1971 he was Lecturer of New Testament at Serampore College,

,.The Council of Serampore College, ''The Story of Serampore and its College'', Fourth Edition 2005, Serampore.

/ref> where he once studied. He later undertook doctoral studies in

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between 1960 and 1963 and returned to Serampore to take up his teaching assignments. However, it was not until 1969 that he could complete his doctoral studies. M. P. John became the Rector of Serampore College in 1964, a position in which he continued until he left the College in January 1971 and joined the Translations Department of the

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and oversaw the common language translations in Shillong, Meghalaya. After M. P. John's stint with the

, he joined the Bishop's College,

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and became its Principal.

References

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