Gerhard lohfink biography
Gerhard lohfink...
Gerhard lohfink biography
Gerhard Lohfink
German Catholic priest and theologian (1934–2024)
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.
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The Social Dimension of Christian faith, translated in 1984.
Biography
Lohfink was born in Frankfurt am Main on 29 August 1934;[1] his father was a train driver. His older brother, Norbert Lohfink, became a professor of the Old Testament.[2] Lohfink completed schooling at the Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium in 1954.
He spent two semesters with German and Latin studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. From 1955 on he studied philosophy and theology at the Hochschule Sankt Georgen.[1