Jonathan Magonet
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Jonathan Magonet | |
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| Born | 2 August 1942 theologian |
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| Language | English |
| Tradition or movement | Reform Judaism |
| Main interests | Interfaith dialogues between Christianity, Judaism and Islam |
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Jonathan David Magonet (born 2 August 1942)Muslims. He was the long-time Principal (Rector or academic director), now retired, of London's Leo Baeck College, the first Liberal Jewish seminary of all of Europe since World War II.[2] He resides in London with his wife Dorothea.
Magonet served on the rabbinic staff at West London Synagogue of British Jews. He has been part of the team constructing the new edition of the British Reform Prayer Book.
Career
Magonet was a trustee of the
Muslims.[3]
His 1992 book, Bible Lives, presented a series of pen portraits of figures from the
Puah, Palti ben Laish and Ritzpah with only minimal information about them available from the text, and expressed the hope that readers would themselves go back to the texts to check out or challenge his interpretations.[5]
Books
- A Rabbi Reads the Torah (2013) ISBN 978-0334049135
- Talking to the Other: Jewish Interfaith Dialogue with Christians and Muslims (2003) ISBN 978-1860649059
- A Rabbi reads the Psalms, SCM-Canterbury Press Limited (1994, 2004) ISBN 978-0334029533
- A Rabbi Reads the Bible (1991, 2004) ISBN 0-334-02952-X
- Bible Lives (1992). London: SCM (ISBN 0-334-00102-1)
Articles
- "Jonah, Book Of" Anchor Bible Dictionary, 3:936-942
References
- ^ "Rabbi Prof Jonathan Magonet". Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ Magonet, Jonathan (1992) Bible Lives. London: SCM, page x (preface)
- ^ "Maimonides Foundation". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ Magonet, Jonathan (1992) Bible Lives. London: SCM, page ix (preface)
- ^ Magonet, Jonathan (1992) Bible Lives. London: SCM, 1 - 4