Clemens Thoma

Clemens Thoma SVD (November 2, 1932 – December 7, 2011) was a Swiss theologian.[1]

He was professor of theology and Jewish studies and founder of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies (IJCF) at the University of Lucerne.[2]

He grew up as one of eleven children in a family in the Canton of St. Gallen.[3] After theological studies at St. Augustin near Bonn and St. Gabriel in Vienna, he was ordained a priest. At the University of Vienna, he studied Judaism under Kurt Schubert.[3]

As part of his research Thoma undertook a systematic approach to present Rabbinic parables to New Testament scholars, for comparative purposes.[4] In 1994 Thoma received the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal. Hayim Perelmuter stated that Thoma's work on the Rabbinic parables "adornes the world of scholarship".[5]

Works

Books

• Thoma, Clemens (1980). A Christian Theology of Judaism. Studies in Judaism and Christianity. New York: Paulist Press. ISBN 9780809123100. OCLC 6918632.

As editor

• ———; Wyschogrod, Michael, eds. (1987). Understanding Scripture: explorations of Jewish and Christian traditions of interpretation. Studies in Judaism and Christianity. New York: Paulist Press. ISBN 9780809128730. OCLC 15081789.
• ———; Wyschogrod, Michael, eds. (1989). Parable and story in Judaism and. Studies in Judaism and Christianity. New York: Paulist Press. ISBN 9780809130870. OCLC 19922103.

Notes

1. In Memory of the Rev. Clemens Thoma Archived 2012-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
2. University of Lucerne
3. Hans Breitenmoser: Er beseitigt religiöse Barrieren. In: Linth-Zeitung. Nr. 2/2002 (4. Jan 2002)
4. The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature by Reimund Bieringer, Florentino Garcia Martinez and Didier Pollefeyt 2009 ISBN 90-04-17588-1 page 102
5. Hayim G. Perelmuter "A Response to Clemens Thoma" in Reinterpreting Revelation and Tradition: Jews and Christians in Conversation by John Pawlikowski and Hayim Goren Perelmuter 2000 ISBN 1-58051-042-6 page 63

Sources

• German Wikipedia