Pierre Lenhardt
Pierre Lenhardt | |
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| Born | 5 November 1927 |
| Died | 1 July 2019 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Theologian |
Pierre Lenhardt (5 November 1927 – 1 July 2019) was a
Catholic religious theologian in the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion.[1]
Career
Pierre Lenhardt spend most of his childhood in
Catholic University of Paris in 1970. He gave lessons at the Catholic University of Paris as well as the Catholic University of Lyon, the École Biblique, among others in Brazil and Rome. He also directed a “Institut Saint-Pierre de Sion – Ratisbonne, Centre Chrétien d’Études Juives” (CCEJ) Ratisbonne Monastery in Jerusalem.[2]
Lenhardt devoted his career to linking the teachings of the Catholic Church and Judaism. He was one of the first Catholic theologians to participate in Torah and Talmud readings in Jerusalem. He earned a master's degree in Hebrew studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1976.
He received the prix de l'Amitié judéo-chrétienne de France in 2004.
References
- ^ "Le théologien et spécialiste du judaïsme Pierre Lenhardt est mort". La Croix (in French). 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Relations juifs-chrétiens". Notre Dame de Sion (in French). 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
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