Tor Andræ (1885-1947), scholar

Tor Andræ (1885-1947) was an Swedish scholar.

Biography

Tor Andræ was born July 9 1885 at Vena [Sweden].

He earned his PhD in Theology at Uppsala University 1917. He became professor of the History of Religions at the University College of Stockholm in 1927, and in Uppsala two years later. in 1936 he was appointed bishop of Linköping in 1936.

Andræ died at Linköping on February 24, 1947.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Der Ursprung des Islams und das Christentum (1926 Andrae), book

• Mohammed: sein Leben und sein Glaube (1932 Andræ), book
  • Mohammed: The Man and His Faith (1936 Andræ / Menzel), book (English ed.)

External links

• Wikipedia