Dominique Barthélemy

Dominique Barthélemy (16 May 1921, Pallet—10 February 2002, Freiburg), was a French Dominican priest and biblical scholar.[1] He entered orders in 1940 and was ordained priest in 1947.[1]

Dominique Barthélemy
Died10 February 2002 

Member of the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem, he studied the Dead Sea Scrolls. In collaboration with Józef Milik, he published manuscript fragments found in Qumran Cave 1[2]

He then became Professor of Old Testament at the Theological Faculty and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fribourg.[1] · [2] From 1953 he was interested in small fragments of the minor prophets, and published in 1963 Les Devanciers d'Aquila ("The Predecessors of Aquila"), in which he brings revolutionary assumptions about revisions and Greek translations of the Old Testament.[2] · [3] · .[4] During the years 1969-1980, he served on the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project committee, "research[ing] the pertinent history of exegesis of each [Hebrew Bible text critical] problem up to the modern critical period."[5]

He is also known for his introductory book to reading the Bible, Dieu et son image ("God and his image").[1]

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  1. (in French) Notice biographique sur le site des Éditions du Cerf.
  2. Farah Mébarki, Émile Puech, Les Manuscrits de la mer Morte, Éditions du Rouergue, 2002, p. 314, ISBN 2-253-10885-5.
  3. (in French) La Bible grecque des Septante, p. 60 et suivantes, Éditions du Cerf.
  4. Arie Van Der Kooij, On the Place of Origin of the Old Greek Psalms, Vetus Testamentum XXXIII, 1983.
  5. Studies in the text of the Old Testament : an introduction to the Hebrew Old Testament text project. Barthélemy, Dominique., United Bible Societies. Committee of the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns. 2012. pp. xxiv. ISBN 978-1-57506-670-7. OCLC 794935082.CS1 maint: others (link)
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