Clemens Thoma (November 2, 1932 – December 7, 2011) was a Swiss theologian.In Memory of the Rev. Clemens Thoma
He was professor of theology and Jewish studies and founder of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies (IJCF) at the University of Lucerne.
He grew up as one of eleven children in a family in the Canton of St. Gallen.Hans Breitenmoser: Er beseitigt religiöse Barrieren. In: Linth-Zeitung. Nr. 2/2002 (4. Jan 2002) After theological studies at St. Augustin near Bonn and St. Gabriel in Vienna, he was ordained a priest. At the University of Vienna, he studied Judaism under Kurt Schubert.
As part of his research Thoma undertook a systematic approach to present Rabbinic parables to New Testament scholars, for comparative purposes.The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature by Reimund Bieringer, Florentino Garcia Martinez and Didier Pollefeyt 2009 page 102 In 1994 Thoma received the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal. Hayim Perelmuter stated that Thoma's work on the Rabbinic parables "adornes the world of scholarship".Hayim G. Perelmuter "A Response to Clemens Thoma" in Reinterpreting Revelation and Tradition: Jews and Christians in Conversation by John Pawlikowski and Hayim Goren Perelmuter 2000 page 63
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