About Ernst Ehrlich
Lived 1921 – 2007 (aged 86). Ernst Ehrlich was a Swiss judaic scholar, historian, philosopher, university teacher and writer.
Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (27 March 1921 – 21 October 2007) was a Swiss Jewish religious philosopher.
Biography Born 27 March 1921, Ehrlich fled Nazi Germany for Switzerland in June 1943, using a false passport. From 1961 to 1994, he was European director of the Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith.
He was an adviser to German Cardinal Augustin Bea at the Second Vatican Council in preparing "Nostra aetate", a key document on Roman Catholic-Jewish relations.
He died at his home in Riehen, a suburb of Basel.
Translations of works to English A concise history of Israel from the earliest times to the destruction of the temple in A. D. 70. Translated by James Barr (1962)
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German philosopher (1921-2007)
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Ernst Ehrlich was born on 27 March 1921 in Berlin.
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Ernst Ehrlich died on 21 October 2007 in Riehen.
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Ernst Ehrlich was a judaic scholar, historian, philosopher, university teacher and writer.
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Ernst Ehrlich was Swiss.
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