Norbert Lohfink SJ (born July 28, 1928 in Frankfurt am Main) is a member of the

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and

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. He is emeritus professor of exegesis of the Old Testament at the Philosophical-Theological College Sankt Georgen in

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. Lohfink has been a Jesuit since 1947 and was ordained a priest in 1956. After studying in

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, Frankfurt,

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he earned the degrees: Lic. Phil. (Munich 1953), Lic. Theol. (Frankfurt 1957), dr. in re biblica (Rome 1962), dr. hc (Vienna 1993). He also taught at the

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in Rome since 1962 and at the University of St. Georgen in Frankfurt am Main until 1996. His main areas are: Deuteronomic literature, Qoheleth and the

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. He is the founder or co-founder of the series "Stuttgarter Bibelstudien" and "Stuttgarter Biblische Aufsatzbände", co-editor of the "Yearbook for Biblical Theology" and the "Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte". His books were translated into many languages. A la sombra de tus alas: nuevo comentario de grandes textos bíblicos, Bilbao, Desclée de Brouwer, 2002, , Original German title: Im Schatten deiner Flügel Norbert Lohfink is the brother of Gerhard Lohfink. Both belong to the Catholic Integrated Community.

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Literature by and about Norbert Lohfink in the catalog of the German National LibraryBiography and Bibliography on the website of the Philosophical-Theological College Sankt Georgen

Catholic Integrated Community
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