Johannes Engebretsen Belsheim (21 January 1829 – 15 July 1909) was a Norwegian teacher, priest, translator and biographer. Johannes Belsheim was born in the village of Thorpegardane at

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county. He attended

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county. Belsheim took

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in 1858. He attended Heltberg's school which prepared students for admission exams at the university and in 1861 he took his Degree in Theology. He was a teacher in

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from 1856 and at the town of

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during 1862. He served as rector of the teacher's college in

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(''Vefsn lærerskole'') in

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county during 1863. He was assigned as

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in 1864 and at Bjelland Municipality in

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county from 1870 to 1875. As a writer, his topics covered several themes. He is principally associated with his studies of

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, including the '' Codex Aureus'', ''

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'', Codex Corbeiensis I,

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, and Codex Claromontanus V. He also wrote a biography of

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.''Johannes Engebretsen Belsheim'' (Internet Archive)
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Works

''Codex aureus, sive quattuor evangelia ante Hieronymum Latine translata''
(1878)
''Palimpsestus vindobonensis antiqvissimae veteris testamenti: translationis Latinae fragmenta''
(1885) * ''Das Evangelium des Markus, Christiana Videnskabs-Selskabs Forhandlinger'' 9 (Christiana, 1885). * ''Evangelium secundum Matthaeum'', Christiania 1892
''Evangelium palatinum: reliqvias IV Evangeliorum ante Hieronymum latine''
(1896) *''Ivar Aasen. En Levnetsskildring'' (1901)
''Codex veronensis; quattuor Euangelia ante Hieronymum latine translata eruta & codice scripto ut videtur saeculo quarto vel quinto in Bibliotheca episcopali veronensi asservato et ex Josephi Blanchini editione principe''
(Pragae 1904)

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* 1829 births 1909 deaths People from Vang, Oppland 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy 19th-century Norwegian translators Norwegian biographers Norwegian male biographers Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour 19th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-translator-stub