Ruth Lapide

Ruth Lapide born Rosenblatt ( born 1929 in Burghaslach ) is a Jewish religious scholar and historian. After the death of her husband Pinchas Lapide in 1997, she began a career as an author, lecturer at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg and by numerous interviews about biblical figures at the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR- alpha) and Bible TV ( " the conversation ").

Life

The Franconian Native studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Political Science, History and Jewish Studies with a focus on the rise of Christianity within Judaism. Together with her ​​husband, the Jewish religious scholar Pinchas Lapide, she intensively and for the reconciliation of Jews and Christians, for the understanding between the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Israel and for the convergence of the three great monotheistic religions.

Ruth Lapide lives in Frankfurt am Main since the mid-1970s.

Honors

Ruth Lapide was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2000. On April 11, 2003, she was honored with the Hessian Order of Merit ). Since 2007, Ruth Lapide Professor hc. 's On 29 April 2008 she was awarded the Lutheran Augustana College Neuendettelsau an honorary doctorate. 2012 Lapide received by District Tags President Richard Bartsch the tungsten -Eschenbach Award of the district of Middle Franconia.

Works

  • Do you know Adam, the weakling? Cross Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-7831-2224-4
  • Do you know Jacob, the celebrity chef? Cross Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-7831-2320-8
  • What Jesus believed? ( with Henning Röhl ), cross- Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-7831-2589-4
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