A. Thomas Kraabel | |
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Born | Alf Thomas Kraabel November 4, 1934 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Died | November 2, 2016 Decorah, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 81)
Occupation(s) | Scholar, professor, pastor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Iowa Luther College Harvard University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classical, medieval[1] |
Institutions | Duke University University of Minnesota University of Oxford Luther College |
Main interests | Hellenistic period, Judaism |
Alf Thomas Kraabel (November 4, 1934 – November 2, 2016) was an American classics scholar and educator who worked extensively in Greek and Hellenistic Judaic studies.[2] He served as a faculty member in the classics department at the University of Minnesota from 1963 to 1983, and served as the Dean of Luther College in Iowa before retiring in 2000.