The Centre of Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University has announced that Professor emeritus Chrys C. Caragounis has passed away at the age of 85.
Professor Chrys C. Caragounis has died at the age of 85. He was born in Athens in 1940 and studied theology at London University, where he received a Bachelor of Divinity with honors in 1971. He continued his studies at Uppsala University and defended his thesis The Ephesian Mysterion in 1977. Caragounis' academic career included positions at Uppsala University, London School of Theology and the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven, before returning to Sweden in 1987 where he concluded his career as Professor of New Testament Exegesis at Lund University.
