| Jean-Pierre Jossua | |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Death Place: | Verneuil-sur-Avre, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Writer Theologian |
Jean-Pierre Jossua (24 September 1930 – 1 February 2021) was a French writer and theologian.[1] He was a member of the Dominican Order and spent his career writing, teaching, and researching. He was a professor of dogmatics at Saulchoir.
Jossua was born into a Jewish family from Thessaloniki and had to take refuge in Nice during the German occupation. His father was deported to Auschwitz, where he died in 1943. His mother, Marcelle (née Cazes), became a translator.[2]
After studying medicine, Jossua became a Catholic and joined the Dominican Order in 1953. He completed his theological studies at Saulchoir and defended his doctoral thesis in theology at the .[3] He served as co-director of the journal Concilium from 1970 to 1996 and Director of the journal from 1988 to 1996. In 1977, he gave Gifford Lectures on Pierre Bayle in Edinburgh.[4] In 1992, he moved to Alpes-de-Haute-Provence near Mont Ventoux, then moved to Normandy in 2014. In 1995, he became a professor at the Centre Sèvres, working there until 2011. In 2000, he was invited to teach literature in Barcelona.
Jean-Pierre Jossua died from COVID-19 in Verneuil-sur-Avre on 1 February 2021, at the age of 90, during the COVID-19 pandemic in France. He is buried in Étiolles.[5]