Gerhard Lohfink

Gerhard Lohfink (29 August 1934 – 2 April 2024) was a German Catholic priest and theologian. He was a professor of the New Testament at the University of Tübingen until 1986. Lohfink worked as a theologian in the Catholic Integrated Community (KIG). Many of his books were translated into other languages; some English versions became bestsellers, including Jesus and Community. The Social Dimension of Christian faith, translated in 1984.

Biography Lohfink was born in Frankfurt am Main on 29 August 1934; In 1982, he published a book, translated in 1984 by David L. Balch as Jesus and Community. The Social Dimension of Christian faith. It was translated privately into Hungarian, and influenced Christians in Hungary who lived in a Communist regime. He lived there with his aging parents.

Publications Lohfink published many books, most of them in German by Herder. Many of them were translated into English by his student Linda M. Maloney. Did the Early Christians Understand Jesus? Nonviolence, Love of Neighbor, and Imminent Expectation. In: Plough Quarterly Magazine (8), 2016.

Reviews Thomas D. Stegman (2013): The Living Presence of God. Jesus of Nazareth by Gerhard Lohfink. In: America The Jesuit Review 2013. (18 March 2013) James Martin (2013): Jesus, by the Book (reviewing Jesus of Nazareth: Who He Was, What He Wanted.). America The Jesuit Review. Stanley Hauerwas (2014): The Untamed Jesus (reviewing: No Irrelevant Jesus. On Jesus and the Church Today. The Christian Century. Wholeness is the Inmost Principle of the Sermon on the Mount. Cruciform Phronesis.