Ferdinand Dexinger (1937-2003), scholar
Ferdinand Dexinger (1937-2003) was an Austrian scholar, professor at the University of Vienna and a specialist in Early Samaritan Studies. Ferdinand Dexinger was born in Vienna, Austria on April 24, 1937. He obtained his Ph.D. in Theology and Philosophy (Judaic Studies) from the University of Vienna. He also studied in Israel at the Hebrew University and at the École Biblique, and earned a degree from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Dexinger was Professor and former chair of Judaic Studies at the Institut für Judaistik of the University of Vienna, Austria, where he taught Jewish religious history from 1983 to his retirement in the summer of 2002. In 2002 he was elected president of the Société des Études Samaritaines. Dexinger died on February 21, 2003.