Claude Geffré

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.

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

Death Geffré died on 9 February 2017 in Paris, at the age of 91. His funeral was held at the Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques on 13 February 2017 and he was buried in Étiolles, Essonne, France.

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