Theodore Khoury
Lebanese Catholic theologian
About Theodore Khoury
Lived 1930 – 2023 (aged 93). Theodore Khoury was a Lebanese and German translator, university teacher, catholic theologian and theologian.
Adel Theodor Khoury (26 March 1930 – 14 July 2023) was a Lebanese Catholic theologian and historian of Christianity and Islam.
Biography Adel Theodor Khoury was born in Tebnine, Lebanon on 26 March 1930. After theological studies Khoury entered priesthood in 1953. He also pursued philosophy and Oriental studies in Beirut before receiving a doctoral degree in Lyon. From 1970 until his retirement in 1993 Khoury was professor of general religious studies (Allgemeine Religionswissenschaft) in the Catholic-Theological Department of Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, where he twice served as head of the department.
Khoury is notable for his publications on Islam and his efforts toward interfaith understanding. In 1985 he was named advisor of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. His edition of dialogues of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos with an "educated Persian" gained wider attention when it was cited in a 2006 speech of Pope Benedict XVI which sparked worldwide controversy.
A Festschrift in honor of Khoury's 60th birthday was published in 1990.
In 2004, Khoury is said to have witnessed a miracle in Soufanieh, where Myrna Nazzour had stigmata.
Khoury died in Bonn, Germany on 14 July 2023, at the age of 93.
Works Manuel Paléologue. Entretiens avec un Musulman, Introduction, texte critique, traduction et notes par Theodore Khoury, Editions du cerf, Paris 1966 Les théologiens Byzantins et l’islam: Texts et auteurs (VIIIe-XIIIe siècles). Louvain, Belgium, and Paris:Nauwelaerts, 1969. Polémique Byzantine contre l’islam; VIIIe-XIIIe siècles. Leiden: Brill, 1972. Einführung in die Grundlagen des Islams. Graz, Wien, Köln: Styria 1978 Apologétique Byzantine contre l’islam; VIIIe-XIIIe siècles. Altenberge, Germany: Verlag für christlich-islamisches Schriftum, 1982. Der Islam: sein Glaube, seine Lebensordnung, sein Anspruch. Freiburg im Breisgau; Basel; Wien: Herder 1988 u.ö. (Ed.): Lexikon des Islam: Geschichte, Ideen, Gestalten. 3 Bde., 1. Aufl. 1991 ; überarbeitete Neuaufl. 1999 ; CD-ROM 2004 (Hg.): Das Ethos der Weltreligionen. Freiburg im Breisgau; Basel; Wien: Herder 1993 Christen unterm Halbmond: religiöse Minderheiten unter der Herrschaft des Islam. Freiburg im Breisgau; Basel; Wien: Herder 1994 (Ed.): Kleine Bibliothek der Religionen. 10 Bde., Freiburg im Breisgau; Basel; Wien: Herder 1995-2001 zus. m. Peter Heine und Janbernd Oebbecke: Handbuch Recht und Kultur des Islams in der deutschen Gesellschaft: Probleme im Alltag - Hintergründe - Antworten. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verl.-Haus 2000 Der Islam und die westliche Welt: religiöse und politische Grundfragen. Darmstadt: WBG; Primus 2001 Mit Muslimen in Frieden leben: Friedenspotentiale des Islam. Würzburg: Echter 2002 (Ed.): Krieg und Gewalt in den Weltreligionen: Fakten und Hintergründe. Freiburg im Breisgau; Basel; Wien: Herder 2003 (Übersetzung und Kommentar): Der Koran: arabisch-deutsch. Gütersloh: Kaiser, Gütersloher Verl.-Haus 2004 Der Koran: erschlossen und kommentiert von Adel Theodor Khoury. Düsseldorf: Patmos 2005 (Rezension bei H-Soz-u-Kult) (Ed.): Die Weltreligionen und die Ethik. Freiburg im Breisgau; Basel; Wien: Herder 2005 Sufanieh: eine Botschaft für die Christen in der Welt. Altenberge: Oros 2005
Literature Ludwig Hagemann; Ernst Pulsfort (ED.): "Ihr alle aber seid Brüder": Festschrift für A. Th. Khoury zum 60. Geburtstag. Würzburg: Echter; Altenberge: Telos 1990
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Lebanese Catholic theologian (1930–2023)
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Theodore Khoury was born on 26 March 1930 in Tebnine.
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Theodore Khoury died on 14 July 2023 in Bonn.
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Theodore Khoury was a translator, university teacher, catholic theologian and theologian.
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Theodore Khoury was Lebanese and German.
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