Karl Vilhelm Helmer Ringgren (November 29, 1917 – March 26, 2012), was a Swedish theologian. He became Associate Professor in

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, 1947–59, and Acting Professor of

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exegesis at the

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, 1947–56, the professor of Old Testament exegesis at the Garrett Biblical Institute,

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, 1960–62, professor of comparative religion at

in Turku, Finland, 1962–64, and then Old Testament

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, 1964-83. Ringgren died on March 26, 2012. He was a fellow of the

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from 1979.

Bibliography

*''Word and Wisdom'' (1947) *''Islam, Aslama and Muslim'' (1949) *''Fatalism in Persian Epics'' (1952) *''Messias, konungen'' (1953) *''Studies in Arabian Fatalism'' (1955) *''Handskrifterna från Qumran IV-V'' (1956) *''Psaltarens fromhet'' (1957)Scripture: the quarterly of the Catholic Biblical Association: Volume 16 Catholic Biblical Association (Great Britain) - 1964 "Helmer Ringgren is typical when he concludes that though snatches of profane songs have been included in the Canticle and have been imperfectly assimilated into its allegorical pattern, nevertheless the bulk of the work is a " *''Religionerna i historia och nutid'' (together with Åke V. Ström 1957) *''Tro och liv enligt Dödahavsrullarna'' (1961) *''Sacrifice in the Bible'' (1962) *''Israelitische Religion'' (1963) *''Främre Orientens religioner'' (1967) *''Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament'' Gerhard Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry translated David E. Green.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ringgren, Helmer 1917 births 2012 deaths Swedish biblical scholars Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Academic staff of Uppsala University Academic staff of Åbo Akademi University Swedish expatriates in Finland