Inaugural lecture focuses on the Apostle Paul’s recognition of the divinity of Christ
Prof Pieter Verster from the Department of Missiology at the University of 
the Free State (UFS) will deliver his inaugural lecture on Wednesday 23 February 
2005 at 19:00 in the CR Swart Auditorium on campus. 
The topic of the lecture is Die begronding van die sending by Paulus in die lig 
van sy erkenning van die godheid van Christus. 
Pieter Verster started his theological training in 1973 at the UFS and continued 
it at the University of Pretoria (UP). He obtained the degrees BA (cl) from the 
UFS in 1976; BA Hons (Greek cl) from the UP in 1979; MA (Greek) from the UFS in 
2000; 
a BD (cl) from the UP in 1979; a Post-graduate Diploma in Theology (cl) from the 
UP in 1980; a DD (Missiology and Religion Studies) from the UP in 1985 and a DD 
(Dogmatics and Ethics) from the UP in 1989. 
He was honoured for academic excellence (UFS 1975), overall excellence (UP 1979) 
and research excellence (UFS 2004). He has visited various overseas universities 
and institutions in the Netherlands , Switzerland , Germany and the USA ,. 
Prof Verster has also published various articles in academic journals and his 
books include Wie het die waarheid beet? for which he received the CUM/RSG 
writers’ competition prize in 1996. He has also published short stories in 
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde and Dolos and poems in inter alia Literator and Litnet.
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16 February 2005