Valentí Fàbrega i Escatllar (1931 – 2024) was a Catalan

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and

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, who lived since 1971 in

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Life

Valentí Fàbrega i Escatllar was born in 1931 in Barcelona. He belonged until 1971 to the

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. During this time he got several university degrees (

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and

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among others). He became

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in the

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. He studied for two years in the Protestant Faculty of Theology of the

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. He was also temporary teacher in the Theology College of the Jesuits in

Sant Cugat del Vallès Sant Cugat del Vallès () is a town and municipality north of Barcelona, Catalonia. Known as ''Castrum Octavianum'' in antiquity (which means ''the castle of Octavianus'') and as ''Pins del Vallès'' during the Second Spanish Republic, it is nam ...

(Barcelona) and in the

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(Madrid). Because of a two-year grant for research that was given to him by the

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, he moved in 1971 to Cologne, and he became German citizen in 1975. There he was teacher for a long time in a Cologne high school of

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and

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. Later he became also teacher in the

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, where he taught Spanish language and literature. He was retired since 1996. His main theological researches deal with

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and

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. Since 1971 he was married to the Protestant Theologian and

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Inga Weyer-Fabrega.

Works

Theology

Articles and conferences

* "Eschatologische Vernichtung bei Paulus", ''Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum'', 15 (1972), 37-65. * "Die chiliastische Lehre des Laktanz", ''Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum'', 17 (1974), 126-146. * "War Junia(s), der hervorragende Apostel (Rom 16,7), eine Frau?", ''Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum'', 27/28 (1984/1985), 47-64. * "La perícopa de Cesarea de Filipo (Mc 8,27-33 y Mt 16,13-23) en la exégesis protestante alemana de las últimas décadas", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 56 (1991), 149-153. * "El Eclesiastés o el Libro de Qohélet objeto de intensa investigación actual", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 74 (2000), 174-184. * "La escatología de Qumrán", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 75 (2001), 5-17. * "El mite de Babel o la maledicció del plurilingüisme", '' Revista de Catalunya'', 168 (2001), 36-46. * "El Libro de Job: planteamientos y discrepancias", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 77 (2002), 5-15. * "La escatología de los apocalipsis canónicos (Is 24-27 y Dan)", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 80 (2003), 153-170. * "La escatología del apocalipsis de Juan", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 81 (2004), 5-23. * "El Seol y la muerte en el Antiguo Testamento: dos investigaciones recientes", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 88 (2007), 205-209. * "Verdad controvertida: memorias de Hans Küng", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 89 (2008), 28-32. * "Lactantius", ''Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum'', XXII (2008), 795-825. * "El ministerio eclesial en la sucesión apostólica", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 92 (2009), 175-178. * "Una aportación a la actualidad ecuménica alemana", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 94 (2010), 152-155. * "La Conferència Episcopal Catalana: un somni irrealitzable", ''Revista de Catalunya'', 279 (2012), 9-20. * "Cuestiones abiertas de escatología neotestamentaria", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 97 (2012), 5-18. * "La discrepancia actual de los objetivos ecuménicos", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 98 (2012), 188-194. * "Laktanz und die Apokalypse", dentro de: Jörg Frey, James A. Kelhoffer y Franz Tóth (Ed.), ''Die Johannesapokalypse, Kontexte – Konzepte – Rezeption'', 709-754. * "El Jesús histórico", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 99 (2013), 42-49. * "La escatología del Nuevo Testamento", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 99 (2013), 61-76. * "Procesos de canonización de textos religiosos", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 100 (2013), 175-178. * "Polémica en la literatura del cristianismo primitivo", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 100 (2013), 205-216. * "La crucifixión en la Antigüedad", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 101 (2014), 42-44. * "Una historia monacal increíble", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 102 (2014), 198-201. * "Teología y marco social-histórico de la fuente Q en la actual exégesis americana (USA y Canadá)", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 103 (2015), 41-48. * "Los milagros de los evangelios", ''Actualidad Bibliográfica'', 104 (2015), 167-174.

Books

* ''La herejía vaticana'', Siglo XXI, Madrid: 1996. * '' Boeci, Consolació de la filosofía'', reviewed text, introduction, footnotes, translation into Catalan, Bernat Metge, Barcelona: 2002. * ''La dona de sant Pere'', Fragmenta, Barcelona: 2007.Information about this book
in the newspaper ''El Punt'' on 2 January 2008.

Catalan Literature

Articles

* "«Ja veig estar a Déu ple de rialles» (113, 171): Déu en la poesia d’

Ausiàs March Ausiàs March (; 1400March 3, 1459) was a medieval Valencian poet and knight from Gandia, Valencia. He is considered one of the most important poets of the "Golden Century" (''Segle d'or'') of Catalan literature. Biography Not much is known of Ma ...

", In: ''De orbis Hispani linguis litteris historia moribus, Festschrift für Dietrich Briesemeister'', Axel Schönberger / Klaus Zimmermann (ed.), 353-371. * "Ausiàs March i les expectatives apocalíptiques de la Catalunya medieval: un comentari al cant 72", ''Els Marges'' 54, (1995), 98-103. * "Oh tu, mal fat (10,9): la problemàtica del fat en la poesia d’Ausiàs March", ''Revista de L'Alguer'', 7 (1996), 251-267. * "L’eròtica ovidiana i l’humanisme català: el mite d’Hermafrodit en les «Transformacions» de Francesc Alegre", ''Revista de l’Alguer'', 9 (1998), 257-271. * "Quan l’amor esdevé «hàbit vell»: Lectura del poema 121 del cançoner ausiasmarquià", ''Revista de l’Alguer'', 10 (1999), 181-197. * "La Consolació de la Filosofia en la versió catalana de Pere Saplana i Antoni Genebreda (1358/1362)", '' Zeitschrift für Katalanistik / Revista d’Estudis Catalans'', 3 (1990), 33-49. *
El Decameró català en la versió de 1429: la novel·la de Bernat d’Ast (I, 2)
, ''Zeitschrift für Katalanistik / Revista d’Estudis Catalans'', 5 (1992), 39-63. *
Les Transformacions del poeta Ovidi segons la versió de Francesc Alegre: el mite de Pigmalió
, ''Zeitschrift für Katalanistik / Revista d’Estudis Catalans'', 6 (1993), 73-96. * "El mite de Mirra en la versió de

Joan Roís de Corella Joan Roís de Corella (; Gandia or Valencia, 1435 – Valencia, 1497) was a Catalan language writer from the Kingdom of Valencia. He was born into a minor noble family of Aragonese origin in either Gandia or Valencia and apparently followed a ...

", in: ''Vestigia fabularum, La mitología antiga a les literatures Catalana i castellana entre l’Edat Mitjana i la Moderna'', Roger Friedlein y Sebastian Neumeister (ed.), Curial / PAM, (2004), 179-189. * "«Com castigar malícia de fembra» (''Terç del Crestià'', I, cap. 95): La narrativa de

Francesc Eiximenis Francesc Eiximenis (; – 1409) was a Franciscan Catalan people, Catalan writer who lived in the 14th-century Crown of Aragon. He was possibly one of the more successful medieval Catalan writers since his works were widely read, copied, publishe ...

en el seu context doctrinal", ''Estudis de Llengua i Literatura catalanes, Miscel·lània Albert Hauf'' 2, LXIII (2011), 17-29.

Books

* ''«Veles e vents»: El conflicte eròtic a la poesia d’Ausiàs March'', Pagès Editors, Lleida: 1998.

Spanish Literature

* "Die Rezeption der Antike in Góngoras «La fábula de Polifemo y Galatea»: Farbe, Licht und Schatten in seiner Darstellung der Tageszeiten", in: ''Dulce et decorum est philologiam colere, Festschrift für Dietrich Briesemeister, Sybille Große und Axel Schönberger'', Domus Editoria Europea, Berlin (1999), 211-231. * "Amor y religión en el drama de Don Álvaro o La fuerza del sino", dentro de: ''Pasajes, Passages, Passagen, Homenaje a Christian Wentzlaff-Eggebert'', Susanne Grundwald / Claudia Hammerschmidt / Valérie Heinen / Gunnar Nilsson (ed.),

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(2004), 19-214.

References

External links

Information about Valentí Fàbrega
in the website of the publishing house ''Fragmenta''.
Valentí Fàbrega's biography
in his personal blog.
Interview
in

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on 7 February 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabrega, Valenti 1931 births Clergy from Barcelona 20th-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians 21st-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians Jesuits from Catalonia Spanish Latinists Hispanists Heidelberg University alumni University of Innsbruck alumni 2024 deaths