Frédéric Manns (3 October 1942 – 22 December 2021) was a French biblical scholar.
Biography
Manns studied at a seminary in
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
and joined the
Order of Friars Minor following secondary school. After his military service, he began studying theology at the .
He was ordained a priest in 1969 and subsequently began his Bible studies in
Rome
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. A Franciscan, he became a professor of New Testament
exegesis
Exegesis ( ; from the Ancient Greek, Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation (logic), interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Bible, Biblical works. In modern usage, ...
in 1972 and directed the Faculty of Biblical Sciences at
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (English: Franciscan Biblical Studies) is a Franciscan academic society based in Jerusalem. It is a center of biblical and archaeological research and studies.
Organization
Founded in 1924, the Studium Biblicum Fr ...
from 1996 to 2001.
He specialized in the study of Christianity and Judaism in the early Common Era and particularly focused on the
Gospel of John
The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...
.
He died in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
on 22 December 2021, at the age of 79.
Works
*''Essais sur le judéo-christianisme'' (1977)
*''Bibliographie du judéo-christianisme'' (1979)
*''Le symbole eau-esprit dans le judaïsme ancien'' (1983)
*''Pour lire la Mishna'' (1984)
*''La prière d'Israël à l'heure de Jésus'' (1986)
*''Le récit de la dormition de la Vierge. Contribution à l'étude des origines de l'exégèse chrétienne'' (1989)
*''L'Évangile de Jean à la lumière du judaïsme'' (1991)
*''Le judaïsme, milieu et mémoire du Nouveau Testament'' (1992)
*''Jésus, fils de David'' (1994)
*''Lire la Bible en Église'' (1996)
*''L'Israël de Dieu, essai sur le christianisme primitif'' (1996)
*''« Là où est l'esprit, là est la liberté »'' (1998)
*''Une approche juive du Nouveau Testament'' (1999)
*''Abba, au risque de la paternité de Dieu'' (1999)
*''Le judéo-christianisme, mémoire ou prophétie'' (2000)
*''Le midrash, approche et commentaire de l'Écriture'' (2001)
*''Les enfants de Rebecca, judaïsme et christianisme aux premiers siècles de notre ère'' (2001)
*''L'Évangile de Jean et la sagesse'' (2003)
*''Il avait deux fils, judaïsme et christianisme en dialogue'' (2004)
*''Heureuse es-tu toi qui as cru. Marie, une femme juive'' (2005)
*''Les Racines juives du christianisme'' (2006)
*''Que sait-on de Marie et de la Nativité ?'' (2006)
*''Shaoul de Tarsos, l'appel du large'' (2008)
*''Voici l'homme. une lecture juive des Évangiles'' (2008)
*''Sinfonia della parola'' (2009)
*''François, va répare mon Église'' (2009)
*''Qu'est-ce que la nouvelle évangélisation ?'' (2012)
References
External links
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1942 births
2021 deaths
20th-century French writers
21st-century French writers
French religious writers
Friars Minor
People from Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina