Marcel-Jacques Dubois

Marcel-Jacques Dubois
Born	1920 (1920)
Died	2007(2007-00-00) (aged 86–87)
Nationality	France,  Israel
Occupation(s)	Theologian, professor of philosophy
Awards	Israel Prize (1996)
Academic work
Discipline	Theology, Philosophy
Sub-discipline	Catholic-Jewish relations
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Marcel-Jacques Dubois (1920–2007) was a French academic and theologian of the Dominican Order and a naturalized citizen of Israel. He was linked to Bruno Hussar's House of Isaiah and involved in Relations between Catholicism and Judaism. He was professor of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (where he served as chairman of department) and was on the 1974 Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews. He had significance as an orthodox Dominican who rejected supersessionism. He spent much to most of his life in Israel and Teddy Kollek declared him an "Honored Citizen of Jerusalem".^[1] He participated in a series of televised debates with Israeli thinker Yeshayahu Leibowitz.^[2][3] In 1996 he won the Israel Prize for his work for Israeli society.^[4]

References

1. "The Christian Theologian of Zion | Jonathan Yudelman". First Things. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
2. Schramm, Netta (2024). "A Dialogue of Difference: Y. Leibowitz in Conversation with M. Dubois on Judaism and Christianity". Journal of Ecumenical Studies. 59 (1): 54–67. ISSN 2162-3937.
3. In Two Octaves - Leibowitz and Dubois - Third Event.
4. Obituary in the Jerusalem Post