Félix-Marie Abel
Félix-Marie Abel (29 December 1878 – 24 March 1953)[1] was a French archaeologist, a geographer, and a professor at the École Biblique in Jerusalem. A Dominican priest, he was one of the most prominent bible scholars in the end of Ottoman era and British Mandate era.[2] His work "remains even today the authority on the Greek sources for Palestine", according to Benedict T. Viviano.[3]
Biography
Abel was born in
Work
He published a number of studies in various disciplines—linguistics, geography, and history. His Grammaire du Grec Biblique is a grammar of Biblical Greek (1927).[6] Preceded by a volume on Palestine in the Guide Bleu series of travel guides,[6][8] his Géographie de la Palestine (Paris, 1933–1938) treats the political, historical and physical geography from the most remote times until the Byzantine period.[7] The book has two volumes, the first a physical geography, and the second a historical geography.[8] The study supports, for instance, the theory of William F. Lynch that the Essenes lived in a set of small caves directly above Ein Gedi (which Lynch had visited in 1848[9]), a theory later discredited by scholarship.[10][11] The topographical quality of his work was quite influential: according to Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, "The ten maps he prepared have served as the prime, but often unacknowledged, source of much subsequent topographical identification".[12] In 1952 he published Histoire de la Palestine depuis la conquête d'Alexandre jusqu'à l'invasion arabe, a comprehensive history.[6] He also edited and translated the Book of Joshua for the École Biblique's edition of the bible,[8] translated the Books of the Maccabees and identified several battle sites of the Maccabean Revolt and other places that related to Hasmonean dynasty.[2]
He contributed articles to the Revue Biblique and the Catholic Encyclopedia.[13]
With
Bibliography, books
- Vincent, L.-H., and F.-M. Abel. Jérusalem: Recherches de topographie, d'archéologie et d'histoire
- Vol. 1, Jérusalem antique. Paris, 1912.
- Vol. 2 (1st part), Jérusalem nouvelle. Paris, 1914.
- Vol. 2 (2nd part), Jérusalem nouvelle. Paris, 1922.
- Vincent, L.-H.; Abel, Félix-Marie (1914). Bethléem, le sanctuaire de la nativité (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Paris, J. Gabalda.
- Vincent, L.-H.; Abel, Félix-Marie (1923). Hébron: Le Haram el-Khalîl, sépulture des patriarches (in French). Ernest Leroux.
- Vincent, L.-H.; Abel, Félix-Marie (1932). Emmaüs, Sa Basilique Et Son Histoire (in French). Vol. 1. Paris.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Abel, Félix-Marie. Grammaire du Grec biblique suivie d'un choix de Papyrus. Paris, 1927.
- Abel, F. M. (1933). Geographie de la Palestine. Vol. 1 2 Geographie Politique. Librairie Lecoffre.
- Abel, F. M. (1938). Geographie de la Palestine. Vol. 2 Geographie Politique. Les villes. Librairie Lecoffre.
- Abel, F. M. (1949). Les livres des Maccabées. Éditions du Cerf.
- Abel, F.-M. Histoire de la Palestine depuis la conquête d'Alexandre jusqu'à l'invasion arabe. Paris, 1952.
Bibliography, articles (partial list)
- Abel, F.-M. (1907). "Document ephigraphique sur le patriarche Eustochios". Revue Biblique. 16: 275-276.
- Abel, F.-M. (1920). "La maison d'Abraham a Hebron". Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society (in French). I: 138-142.
- Abel, F.-M. (1922). "Le Tombeau d'lsaie". Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society (in French). II: 25-33.
- Abel, F.-M. (1922). "Le culte de Jonas en Palestine". Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society (in French). II: 175-183.
- Abel, F.-M. (1924). "Le Sud Palestinien d'apres la carte mosaique de Madaba". Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society (in French). IV: 107-117.
- Abel, F.-M. (1924). "L'etat de la Cite de Jerusalem au XII siecle". Jerusalem 1920-1922. London: 33–40.
- Abel, F.-M. (1939–40). "La Liste des Donations des Baibars en Palestine d'apres la Charte de 663 H. (1265)". Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society. XIX: 38–44.
See also
- Pro-Jerusalem Society (1918-1926) - Père Abel was a member of its leading Council
References
- ^ )
- ^ JSTOR 23404651.
- S2CID 163407177.
- ^ a b The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers. Encyclopedia Press. 1917.
- ISBN 9780809143337.
- ^ ISBN 9781922239921.
- ^ ISBN 9780195065121. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ JSTOR 4196764.
- ^ William F. Lynch (1852). Narrative of the United States' expedition to the river Jordan and the Dead sea. Blanchard and Lea. pp. 282–296. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ISBN 9780198709749.
- JSTOR 40387637.
- ^ Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. "Abel, Félix-Marie". Oxford Biblical Studies Online. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ "Reverend, Félix-Marie", The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers, Encyclopedia Press, Incorporated, 1917, p. 1 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- JSTOR 23404547.
- S2CID 163011297.