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

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from 1943 to 1949

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

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

Career

From 1947 to 1971 he was lecturer of New Testament at

,.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 Chicago 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

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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, Kolkata and became its Principal.

References

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