Background
Botha, Philippus Jacobus was born on February 8, 1954 in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. Son of Petrus Stephanus Botha and Maria Catherina Van der Walt.
Botha, Philippus Jacobus was born on February 8, 1954 in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. Son of Petrus Stephanus Botha and Maria Catherina Van der Walt.
Bachelor, University Pretoria, South Africa, 1976. Bachelor in Semitic Languages honors, University Pretoria, South Africa, 1978. Bachelor's Degree, University Pretoria, South Africa, 1979.
Master of Arts in Semitic Languages, University Pretoria, South Africa, 1982. Doctor of Divinity, University Pretoria, South Africa, 1986.
Part-time lecturer University Pretoria, 1980, lecturer, 1984—1987, senior lecturer, 1988—1993, associate professor, 1994, professor, since 1998. Researcher University Johannesburg, 1983.
Married Anna Dorethea Geldenhuys, July 1, 1977. Children: Anna Wilhelmina Van Velden, Petrus Stephanus, Marthinus Johannes.