Ferdinand Prat (1857-1938), scholar

Ferdinand Prat (1857-1938) was a French scholar.

Biography

Ferdinand Prat was born at La Préterie, Aveyron, in 1857.

A Jesuit priest, philologist and exegete. He studied and from 1907 to 1909, taught NT Exegesis at Beirut, Lebanon. He advocated a greater commitment of Catholics in the historical-critical research on Christian origins.

Prat died in Toulouse [France] in 1938.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• La Bible et l'histoire (1904 Prat), book

• Le code du Sinaï: sa genèse et son évolution (1904 Prat), book

• Origène: le théologien et l'exégète (1907 Prat), book

• La théologie de Saint Paul (1908-12 Prat), book
  • La teologia di San Paulo (1924-28 Prat / Albera), book (Italian ed.)
  • The Theology of Saint Paul (1926-27 Prat / Stoddard), book (English ed.)

• Jésus-Christ: sa vie, sa doctrine, son oeuvre (1933 Prat), book
  • Gesù Cristo: la sua vita, la sua dottrina, l'opera sua (1945 Prat), book (Italian ed.)
  • Jesucristo: su vida, su doctrina, su obra (1946 Prat), book (Spanish ed.)
  • Jesus Christ: His life, His teaching, and His work (1950 Prat / Heenan), book (English ed.)

External links

• [ Wikipedia]