Clemens Thoma

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Clemens Thoma {{post-nominals|post-noms=SVD}} (November 2, 1932 – December 7, 2011) was a Swiss theologian.[http://www.ccjr.us/news/in-memoriam/thoma In Memory of the Rev. Clemens Thoma] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416095752/http://www.ccjr.us/news/in-memoriam/thoma |date=2012-04-16 }}

He was professor of theology and Jewish studies and founder of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies (IJCF) at the University of Lucerne.[https://archive.today/20130116002500/http://www.unilu.ch/deu/clemens-thoma_821737.html University of Lucerne]

He grew up as one of eleven children in a family in the Canton of St. Gallen.Hans Breitenmoser: Er beseitigt religiöse Barrieren. In: Linth-Zeitung. Nr. 2/2002 (4. Jan 2002) After theological studies at St. Augustin near Bonn and St. Gabriel in Vienna, he was ordained a priest. At the University of Vienna, he studied Judaism under Kurt Schubert.

As part of his research Thoma undertook a systematic approach to present Rabbinic parables to New Testament scholars, for comparative purposes.The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature by Reimund Bieringer, Florentino Garcia Martinez and Didier Pollefeyt 2009 {{ISBN|90-04-17588-1}} page 102 In 1994 Thoma received the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal. Hayim Perelmuter stated that Thoma's work on the Rabbinic parables "adornes the world of scholarship".Hayim G. Perelmuter "A Response to Clemens Thoma" in Reinterpreting Revelation and Tradition: Jews and Christians in Conversation by John Pawlikowski and Hayim Goren Perelmuter 2000 {{ISBN|1-58051-042-6}} page 63