Claude Geffré

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Claude Geffré
Born(1926-01-23)23 January 1926
Niort, France
Died 9 February 2017(2017-02-09) (aged 91)
Paris, France
Alma mater Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Occupation Theologian

Claude Geffré (23 January 1926 – 9 February 2017) was a French Roman Catholic theologian. He became a Professor of Theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1965, and he was the director of the École Biblique in Jerusalem from 1996 to 1999. He was an expert on Biblical hermeneutics and pluralism, and the author of several books.

Institut Catholique de Paris

The Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris, is a private university located in Paris, France.

The École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, commonly known as École Biblique, is a French academic establishment in Jerusalem, founded by Dominicans, and specialising in archaeology and Biblical exegesis.

Biblical hermeneutics study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible

Biblical hermeneutics is the study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible. It is part of the broader field of hermeneutics which involves the study of principles of interpretation for all forms of communication, nonverbal and verbal.

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Early life

Claude Geffré was born on 23 January 1926 in Niort, Western France. [1] [2] He earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. [1] [2]

Niort Prefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Niort is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas pontifical university located in the center of Rome, Italy

The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST), also known as the Angelicum in honor of its patron the Doctor Angelicus Thomas Aquinas, is located in the historic center of Rome, Italy. It is directly dependent on the Pope for its status as a pontifical university as outlined in the apostolic constitution Sapientia Christiana, which also clarifies the parameters of Church authority and academic freedom. The Angelicum is administered by the Catholic Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominican Order, and is a central locus of traditional Dominican Thomist theology and philosophy.

Career

Geffré started his teaching career at Saulchoir. [1] In 1965, he became a professor of theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris. [2] He served as the director of the École Biblique in Jerusalem from 1996 to 1999. [2]

Le Saulchoir is a Dominican school of theology in the order's province of France, established 1904.

Geffré was an expert in Biblical hermeneutics and pluralism. [1] In 1977, he was the co-founder of the Groupe de recherches islamo-chrétien (GRIC), a research centre for Christian-Muslim Studies. [1] He was the author of several books about Christianity. [1] Some of his books, like Le christianisme comme religion de l'Evangile, were dismissed as "relativistic" by some critics. [1]

Pluralism is a term used in philosophy, meaning "doctrine of multiplicity", often used in opposition to monism and dualism. The term has different meanings in metaphysics, ontology, epistemology and logic.

Geffré became a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1998. [3]

The Legion of Honour is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and retained by all later French governments and régimes.

Death

Geffré died on 9 February 2017 in Paris, at the age of 91. [1] [4] His funeral will be held at the Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques on 13 February 2017 and he will be buried in Étiolles, Essonne, France. [2]

Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques convent located in Paris, in France

The Couvent Saint-Jacques, Grand couvent des Jacobins or Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques was a Dominican monastery on rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. Its complex was between what are now rue Soufflot and rue Cujas. Its teaching activities was the origin of the collège des Jacobins, a college of the historic university of Paris.

Étiolles Commune in Île-de-France, France

Étiolles is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France, twenty-seven kilometers southeast of Paris.

Essonne Department of France

Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River.

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