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Peter Schäfer, geboren 1943, emeritierter Lehrstuhlinhaber, war von 1974 - 83 Professor für Judaistik am Martin-Buber-Institut der Universität Köln, ab 1983 an der Freien Universität Berlin. Ab 1998 gleichzeitig Professor an der Universität Princeton. Gastprofessuren an der Hebräischen Universität Jerusalem, am Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, an der Universität Yale und am Jewish Theological Seminary of America. 1994 Leibniz-Preis. 2006 Mellon Award. 2007/08 Fellow am Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin. 2014 Dr. Leopold Lucas-Preis der Universität Tübingen.
In three theological discussions held by a Jewish, a pagan and a Christian scholar, the fundamental positions of the three religions ultimately merge into a single unit in Jesus and the Christian doctrine. The comprehensive discussions are part of the 15th century discussion about the magical vis verborum, which Ficino and Pico della Mirandola had started. The profound philological and philosophical reasoning is explained in a separate volume of commentaries.
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