Marie-joseph lagrange biography of abraham

Marie-Joseph Lagrange was a French

Outstanding Scripture scholar, b. Bourg-en-Bresse Ain , France, March 7, ; d. Saint-Maximin Var , France, March 10, After attending the minor seminary at Autun, Albert Lagrange studied in Paris, where he obtained a doctorate in law in He spent one year at Saint-Sulpice and then joined the Dominicans, receiving the habit in and the religious name Marie-Joseph at Saint-Maximin.

Because the Dominicans were then expelled from France, he finished his studies at Salamanca and was ordained at Zamora on Dec. He taught history and philosophy at Salamanca and Toulouse, and four years later in he took up oriental studies at the University of Vienna. When he had been there two years, he was sent to Jerusalem to set up a Biblical school.

He arrived in Jerusalem on March 10, His articles on inspiration — 96 in the Revue biblique, founded in , showed him to be a rare combination of theologian and Biblical scholar. Marc appeared in World War I — 18 obliged him to leave the Holy City, but in Paris he saw to the regular appearance of the Revue biblique. His commentaries on Romans and Galatians were written in this period.

His commentaries on Luke, Matthew, and John appeared at regular intervals , , , and his most popular work, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in In ill health forced Lagrange to leave Jerusalem for France where he died three years later at the age of He was buried at Saint-Maximin, but in his body was brought back to Jerusalem where it was interred in the Basilica of Saint Stephen.