Frederic Raurell i Ges (1930 – 21 December 2023) was a
Catalan
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* Catalan language, a Romance language
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Capuchin.
Biography
Frederic Raurell I Ges was born in
Barcelona in 1930. A doctor in theology and graduated in
biblical
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and
Semitic studies. He taught in the schools of the
Sarrià Capuchins
The Sarrià Capuchins are a community of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchins that settled in Barcelona in 1578 after a request of the ''Consell de Cent'' (ancient city rulers of Barcelona), and against the will of the king Philip II of ...
and he is exegesis and hermeneutics teacher in the
Pontifical University Antonianum
The Antonianum, also known as the Pontifical University of Saint Anthony ( la, Pontificia Universitas Antonianum, it, Pontificia Università Antonianum), and as Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum, is a Franciscan pontifical university in Rome named ...
in Rome and in the . He is founder of the
Biblical Association of Catalonia, of the ''International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament'' and of the ''International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies''. He collaborated in the Bible of the
Catalan Biblical Foundation and in the ''Comments to the Office of Readings''. He is codirector of the review "Estudios Eclesiásticos", where he has published several studies. He was a founder member of the first Editorial Board of
Catalan Journal of Theology.
Raurell also wrote about Franciscan matters. Latterly he also conducted research about his own family,
Sarrià Sarria or Sarrià may refer to:
*Sarrià, Barcelona, a neighbourhood in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
**Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, the Barcelona district containing Sarrià
** Sarrià Stadium, a former football stadium in Sarrià, Barcelona
**Sarrià (Bar ...
, and the period of the
Spanish Civil War.
Raurell died on 21 December 2023, at the age of 93.
Works
Frederic Raurell published several articles and books They include:
* ''Ètica de Job i llibertat de Déu''. Revista Catalana de Teologia, 4. 1979. 5–24.
* ''Del text a l’existència'' (1980).
* ''Mots sobre l’home'', recopilación de artículos sobre antropología bíblica (1984).
* ''Lineamenti di antropologia biblica''. Casale Monferrato. 1986.
* ''Der Mythos vom männlichen Gott'' (‘The myth of the masculin God’), inside the feminist theology trend (1989).
* ''Os, 4,7. De la "Doxa" a la "Atimia"''. Revista Catalana de Teologia, 14. 1989. 41–51.
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* ''El Càntic dels Càntis en els segles XII i XIII: la lectura de Clara d'Assís''. Barcelona. 1990.
* ''I Déu digué...''. La paraula feta història. Barcelona. 1995.
References
External links
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1930 births
2023 deaths
Capuchins
20th-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians
21st-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians
Pontifical Universities alumni
Translators of the Bible into Catalan
Bible commentators
Sarrià Capuchins
People from Barcelona