About Clemens Thoma
Lived 1932 – 2011 (aged 79). Clemens Thoma was a Swiss judaic scholar, university teacher and catholic theologian.
Clemens Thoma (November 2, 1932 – December 7, 2011) was a Swiss theologian.
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. 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. In 1994 Thoma received the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal. Hayim Perelmuter stated that Thoma's work on the Rabbinic parables "adornes the world of scholarship".
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Who was Clemens Thoma?
Swiss theologian (1932-2011)
When was Clemens Thoma born?
Clemens Thoma was born on 2 November 1932 in Kaltbrunn.
When did Clemens Thoma die?
Clemens Thoma died on 7 December 2011 in Baar.
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Clemens Thoma was a judaic scholar, university teacher and catholic theologian.
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Clemens Thoma was Swiss.
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