André Caquot
André Caquot | |
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| Born | André, Marcel Caquot 24 April 1923 |
| Died | 1 September 2004 (aged 81) Paris |
| Occupation | Orientalist |
André Caquot (24 April 1923 – 1 September 2004) was a French
Aramaic language at the Collège de France. In 1986, André Caquot was elected president of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. His work particularly focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Ugaritic and Phoenician sculptures, as well as on ancient Ethiopia
.
Career
A former student of the
agrégé de grammaire
, André Caquot
joined the French Archaeological Mission in Ethiopia from 1953 to 1955 before being appointed director of the Semitic religions comparative studies at the École pratique des hautes études then lecturer in History of Religions at the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Strasbourg.
From 1964 to 1968, he was responsible for Hebrew lessons and history of the religion of Israel at the
International Organisation for the Study of the Old Testament
.
Having retired in 1992, André Caquot was invited, until 2003, to give conferences and seminars to the Faculty of Theology of Angers of the Catholic University of the West where his library and archives are now housed.[1]
He contributed to the translation of the Psalms and the Books of Samuel for the Traduction œcuménique de la Bible.
President of the Société Asiatique and of the Société des études juives, André Caquot was also general secretary of the "Société française d'histoire des religions".
References
- ^ Cf. J. Riaud, ML. Chaieb, L'œuvre d'un orientaliste, André Caquot 1923-2004, Champion, Paris, 2010, p. 7
Bibliography
- Philipe de Robert, « André Caquot », in ISBN 978-2846211901
External links
- CAQUOT André, Marcel on the site of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres
- Une religion qui incarne l’esprit national by André Caquot in Le Monde diplomatique
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