Norbert Lohfink
Norbert Lohfink SJ (born 28 July 1928 in Frankfurt am Main) is a member of the Jesuit Order, German Catholic priest and theologian . He is emeritus professor of exegesis of the Old Testament at the Philosophical-Theological College Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt am Main.[1]
Lohfink has been a Jesuit since 1947 and was ordained a priest in 1956. After studying in Munich, Frankfurt, Rome, Paris and Jerusalem he earned the degrees: Lic. Phil. (Munich 1953), Lic. Theol. (Frankfurt 1957), Dr. in re biblica (Rome 1962), Dr. hc (Vienna 1993). He also taught at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome since 1962 and at the University of St. Georgen in Frankfurt am Main until 1996.[2] His main areas are: Deuteronomic literature,[3] Qoheleth[4] and the Psalms.[5][6] He is the founder or co-founder of the series "Stuttgarter Bibelstudien" and "Stuttgarter Biblische Aufsatzbände", co-editor of the "Yearbook for Biblical Theology" and the "Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte". His books were translated into many languages. [7][8][9][10][11]
Norbert Lohfink is the brother of Gerhard Lohfink. Both belonged to the Catholic Integrated Community.
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- ^ Biography and Writings on Kathpedia
- ^ Biography College St. Georgen
- ^ Höre, Israel! : Auslegung von Texten aus dem Buch Deuteronomium. Patmos Verlag 1965
- ^ Qoheleth, Fortress Press, Minneapolis 2003, ISBN 0-8006-9604-2
- ^ Das erste Psalmenbuch als Einheit, with Gianni Barbiero, Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1999, ISBN 978-3-631-33854-4
- ^ with Erich Zenger: The God of Israel and the nations - Studies in Isaiah and the Psalms, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn., 2000, ISBN 9780764805752
- ^ The covenant never revoked - Biblical reflections on Christian-Jewish dialogue, Paulist Press, New York 1991, ISBN 9780809132287
- ^ Church dreams - Talking against the trend, North Richland Hills, Texas, BIBAL Press, 2000, ISBN 9780941037914
- ^ Un Dio dietro le cose: meditazioni , Milano, Àncora, 1997, ISBN 88-7610-575-1, Original German title: Hinter den Dingen ein Gott: Meditationen. Herder Verlag Freiburg 1981, ISBN 3-451-18226-2
- ^ Álmok az egyházról: beszédek a szokványos gondolkodás ellen, Szeged, Agapé, 2004, ISBN 963-458-280-X, Original German title: Kirchenträume
- ^ A la sombra de tus alas: nuevo comentario de grandes textos bíblicos, Bilbao, Desclée de Brouwer, 2002, ISBN 84-330-1692-X, Original German title: Im Schatten deiner Flügel
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