Felix-Marie Abel (1878-1953), scholar

Felix-Marie Abel (1878-1953) was a French scholar, a member of the Domenican Order and a professor of Greek, History, and Geography at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française at Jerusalem.

Works

Books

• Jérusalem: recherches de topographie, d'archéologie et d'histoire (1912-26 Vincent, Abel), book

• Bethléem: le sanctuaire de la nativité (1914 Vincent, Abel), book

• Grammaire du grec biblique: suivie d'un Choix de papyrus (1927 Abel), book

• Emmaüs: sa basilique et son histoire (1932 Vincent, Abel), book

• Géographie de la Palestine (1933 Abel), book

• Les livres des Maccabées (1949 Abel), book

• Histoire de la Palestine depuis la conquête d'Alexandre jusqu'à l'invasion arabe (1952 Abel), book

Biography

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Felix-Marie Abel was born Felix-Marie was born at St-Uze, France on December 29, 1878. He joined the Domenican Order in Jerusalem in 1900 and from 1905 to his death, was professor of Greek, History, and Geography at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française. In 1940 he was nominated by Pope Pius XII Consultor to the Pontifical Biblical Commission. Abel died in Jerusalem on March 24, 1953.

References

• Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (2009).