Benedict T. Viviano
Benedict T. Viviano | |
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Benedict Viviano | |
| Born | January 22, 1940 St Louis, Missouri |
| Died | May 24, 2023 (aged 83) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Fribourg
Ecole Biblique Aquinas Institute of Theology |
| Notable works | The Kingdom of God in History |
Benedict Thomas Viviano OP (January 22, 1940 – May 24, 2023) a New Testament scholar and author, was a member of the Chicago Province of the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church. He was on the faculty of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, as a full professor of New Testament, teaching in the French language. Before teaching in Fribourg, he taught for 11 years at the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem, and 12 years at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. He was vice president of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies in Jerusalem.
He was probably best known for his book The Kingdom of God in History and the St. Matthew section of the New Jerome Bible Commentary.