Eric Segelberg

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Eric Segelberg

Religious Studies

#979

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#1804

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Theology

#1084

World Rank

#2348

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Eric Segelberg's Degrees

• PhD Theology Uppsala University

Why Is Eric Segelberg Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Eric Segelberg was a Swedish theologian and a priest of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Biography Segelberg was born in Nyköping, Sweden. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1944, and he continued to study theology and classics at both Uppsala and Oxford Universities, receiving a doctorate in history of religion. His dissertation in 1958 was titled "Maşbūtā. Studies in the Ritual of the Mandæan Baptism". He became professor of classics at Dalhousie University, Canada, in 1968. As professor emeritus he returned to Sweden. Widely known in many fields, he specialized in study of patristics, the Mandeans and Gnosticism. His main specialization was in liturgics. His quite outstanding liturgical knowledge characterized his studies in the history of religion. Well-known are his studies "The Benedictio Olei in the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus", , and "The Ordination of the Mandæan tarmida and its Relation to Jewish and Early Christian Ordination Rites", .

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Eric Segelberg?

Eric Segelberg is affiliated with the following schools:

• Uppsala University
• Dalhousie University