Marcel-Jacques Dubois (1920–2007) was a French academic and

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

of the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

and a naturalized citizen of Israel. He was linked to

Bruno Hussar Father Bruno Hussar (5 May 1911 – 8 February 1996) was the founder of Neve Shalom / Wahat al-Salam ("Oasis of Peace"), an Arab/Jewish village in the no man's land between Israel and Palestinian territories, dedicated to coexistence. Father Bruno ...

's ''House of Isaiah'' and involved in Relations between Catholicism and Judaism. He was professor of philosophy at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

(where he served as chairman of department) and was on the 1974 ''Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews.'' He had significance as an orthodox Dominican who rejected

supersessionism Supersessionism, also called replacement theology or fulfillment theology, is a Christian theology which asserts that the New Covenant through Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ has superseded or replaced the Mosaic covenant exclusive to the Jews ...

. He spent much to most of his life in Israel and

Teddy Kollek Theodor "Teddy" Kollek ( he, טדי קולק; 27 May 1911 – 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 197 ...

declared him an " Honored Citizen of Jerusalem". He participated in a series of televised debates with Israeli thinker Yeshayahu Leibowitz. In 1996 he won the

Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...

for his work for

Israeli society The Israel, State of Israel had a population of approximately 9,506,100 inhabitants as of May 2022. Some 73.9% were Israeli Jews, Jews of all backgrounds (about 7,021,000 individuals), 21.1% were Arab citizens of Israel, Arab of any religion ot ...

.Obituary in the Jerusalem Post
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1920 births 2007 deaths People from Tourcoing Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem French academics Dominican theologians 20th-century French Catholic theologians Catholic philosophers 20th-century French philosophers French male writers French emigrants to Israel 20th-century French male writers {{France-reli-bio-stub