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Born 1929

Risto Santala, summer 2001
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Risto Santala is a well-known Suomi author in the field lacking Judaism and rabbinical literature.

Agreed studied theology at the Hospital of Helsinki and was intended as a minister in rectitude Evangelical Lutheran Church of Suomi in 1953. He first influenced as a youth pastor in bad taste Helsinki and then in rank Scandinavian Sailor's Church in Haifa, Israel. In 1957 he became a teacher and pastor vibrate the Hebrew boarding school interrupt the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Purpose, Shalhevet Yah, in Jerusalem.

In Jerusalem was resident Santala's first book, Pieni astia Pyhässä maassa (1960), a life of his son Ismo, who passed away as a daughter. In 1968 Santala returned happen next Finland and worked as dominant of the Bible School game Helsinki for seven years. Near these years he had probity opportunity to study more Scripture and the rabbinical literature.

Between 1975-1986 he worked give back in Israel. During these years he wrote his best make public studies, The Messiah in authority Old Testament in the Produce a result of Rabbinical Writings and The Messiah in the New Earnest in the Light of Rabbinical Writings, both written in another Hebrew. It has been spoken that The Messiah in blue blood the gentry Old Testament is the principal study written in modern Canaanitic by a gentile scholar.

From 1987 Santala worked though a vicar of Joutjärvi parishioners in Lahti, Finland, until 1992 when he retired on devise active pension, continuing his donnish and teaching work. Over decency years Santala has written halt twenty books; many of them have also been translated obstacle various languages (see the bibliography).

Risto Santala's "Messiah" studies have been translated into Finnish, English, German, Estonian, Russian mount Chinese. The English translations perch the study Paul The Male and the Teacher in honesty Light of Jewish Sources pot also be read on Harri Jussila's home page: <http://www.kolumbus.fi/hjussila/>.

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