J.-M. Paul Bauchet Explained

Jean-Marie Paul Bauchet (Orléans, 1 May 1900 - after 1974) was a French Carmelite (of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament), translator and Hebraist.^[1] Bauchet re-edited the Hebrew New Testament of Franz Delitzsch. After studying in France and Iraq, he moved to Jerusalem in 1941.^[2] In Jerusalem, he worked on translating Christian texts into Hebrew.^[3] He received his doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1949. In 1974 he translated the entire New Testament into Hebrew.^[4]

Works

• various works in Hebrew; inc. The Life of St. Dominic
• Paul Bauchet, 'Transcription and Translation of a Psalm from Sukenik's Dead Sea scroll', CBQ 12 (1950), 331–5. 7.

Notes and References

1. Pinchas E. Lapide, Helmut Gollwitzer Hebrew in the Church: The Foundations of Jewish-Christian Dialogue 1984 p101 "While he was studying and teaching in Baghdad, Bauchet also found time to compose poetry in Hebrew, one example of which ... 21 The well-known lexicographer Abraham Eben-Shoshan calls Bauchet's Hebrew style "clear, natural, and fluent. "
2. Book: Rioli . Maria Chiara . A Liminal Church . 14 August 2020 . Brill . 978-90-04-42371-8 . 10.1163/9789004423718_008 . 22 June 2024 . en . The Association of Saint James: a Hebrew-Christian Church in Israel.
3. Book: Rioli . Maria Chiara . Missions and Preaching . 29 August 2022 . Brill . 978-90-04-44963-3 . 186–214 . 22 June 2024 . en . Shifting Missions: Languages, Texts, and Experiences between Jews and Roman Catholics in Israel (1940s–1970s).
4. Shuali . Eran . Why Was the New Testament Translated into Hebrew? . Open Theology . 2016 . 2 . 1 . 22 June 2024.