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'''Abraham Skorka''' (born July 5, 1950 |
'''Abraham Skorka''' (born July 5, 1950) is an Argentine [[biophysicist]], [[rabbi]] and book author. He is rector emeritus of the [[Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano]] in Buenos Aires,<ref name=popebook>{{cite news|title=Pope's book co-authored with rabbi to be translated into English|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/pope-s-book-co-authored-with-rabbi-to-be-translated-into-english-1.510696|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref> the rabbi of the Jewish community Benei Tikva, professor of biblical and [[rabbinic literature]] at the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano and honorary professor of [[Hebrew Law]] at the [[Universidad del Salvador]], Buenos Aires. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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He received a doctorate ''[[honoris causa]]'' from the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seminariorabinico.org.ar/nuevoSite/website/contenido.asp?sys=1&id=86 |title=Seminario Rabinico Latinamericano Profesores |access-date=2013-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313065256/http://www.seminariorabinico.org.ar/nuevoSite/website/contenido.asp?sys=1&id=86 |archive-date=2009-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
He received a doctorate ''[[honoris causa]]'' from the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seminariorabinico.org.ar/nuevoSite/website/contenido.asp?sys=1&id=86 |title=Seminario Rabinico Latinamericano Profesores |access-date=2013-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313065256/http://www.seminariorabinico.org.ar/nuevoSite/website/contenido.asp?sys=1&id=86 |archive-date=2009-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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In 2010 the [[Universidad Católica Argentina]] awarded him a doctorate ''[[honoris causa]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uca.edu.ar/uca/common/grupo81/files/Discurso_Rector_UCA.pdf|title = UCA}}</ref> the first time in [[Latin America]] that a Catholic university gave this title to a rabbi.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1519458-doctorado-honoris-causa-de-la-uca-para-el-rabino-skorka|title=Doctorado honoris causa de la UCA para el rabino Skorka - LA NACION|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref> |
In 2010 the [[Universidad Católica Argentina]] awarded him a doctorate ''[[honoris causa]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uca.edu.ar/uca/common/grupo81/files/Discurso_Rector_UCA.pdf|title = UCA}}</ref> the first time in [[Latin America]] that a Catholic university gave this title to a rabbi.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1519458-doctorado-honoris-causa-de-la-uca-para-el-rabino-skorka|title=Doctorado honoris causa de la UCA para el rabino Skorka - LA NACION|newspaper=La Nación|access-date=2013-03-24|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112042/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1519458-doctorado-honoris-causa-de-la-uca-para-el-rabino-skorka|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In May 2017, Skorka published an approbation in regards to the [[Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation#Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity|Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity]] entitled ''[[To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians]]'' which was published two years beforehand by the [[Israel]]-based [[Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation]] (CJCUC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cjcuc.org/2015/12/03/orthodox-rabbinic-statement-on-christianity/|title=ORTHODOX RABBINIC STATEMENT ON CHRISTIANITY|publisher=[[Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation]]|date=3 December 2015|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> |
In May 2017, Skorka published an approbation in regards to the [[Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation#Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity|Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity]] entitled ''[[To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians]]'' which was published two years beforehand by the [[Israel]]-based [[Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation]] (CJCUC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cjcuc.org/2015/12/03/orthodox-rabbinic-statement-on-christianity/|title=ORTHODOX RABBINIC STATEMENT ON CHRISTIANITY|publisher=[[Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation]]|date=3 December 2015|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> |
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In 2018-2019, he serves as Visiting University Professor at the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, |
In 2018-2019, he serves as Visiting University Professor at the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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On 10 May 2023, [[University of Trnava]] conferred a [[honorary degree|honorary doctorate]] in [[theology]] on Skorka for his "contributions to [[Judeo-Christian relations|Judeo-Christian dialogue]], [[interfaith dialogue]] and tolerance in science and pedagogy".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Udelili sme čestný doktorát Abrahamovi Skorkovi {{!}} Trnavská univerzita v Trnave {{!}} TRUNI |url=https://www.truni.sk/news/cestny-doktorat-trnava-abraham-skorka |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.truni.sk |language=sk}}</ref> Skorka was congratulated and greeted by [[Pope Francis]] on this occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-10 |title=Pápež vyjadril radosť z udelenia čestného doktorátu rabínovi Skorkovi v Trnave - Vatican News |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/sk/svet/news/2023-05/papez-vyjadril-radost-z-udelenia-cestneho-doktoratu-rabinovi-sko.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.vaticannews.va |language=sk}}</ref> |
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=== Works === |
=== Works === |
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Articles published in La Nacion (selection) |
Articles published in La Nacion (selection) |
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* [https://archive.today/20130408174608/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/15484g10-de-la-muerte-de-dios-a-la-muerte-de-lo-humano De la muerte de Dios a la muerte de lo humano] |
* [https://archive.today/20130408174608/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/15484g10-de-la-muerte-de-dios-a-la-muerte-de-lo-humano De la muerte de Dios a la muerte de lo humano] |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1083834-dialogo-profundo-en-un-mundo-inconexo Diálogo profundo en un mundo inconexo] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1083834-dialogo-profundo-en-un-mundo-inconexo Diálogo profundo en un mundo inconexo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326030009/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1083834-dialogo-profundo-en-un-mundo-inconexo |date=2015-03-26 }} |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/722306-de-fuenteovejuna-a-pasteur-633 De Fuenteovejuna a Pasteur 633] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/722306-de-fuenteovejuna-a-pasteur-633 De Fuenteovejuna a Pasteur 633] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328232532/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/722306-de-fuenteovejuna-a-pasteur-633 |date=2015-03-28 }} |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/897579-de-la-cena-pascual-a-la-eucaristia De la cena pascual a la eucaristía] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/897579-de-la-cena-pascual-a-la-eucaristia De la cena pascual a la eucaristía] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331040130/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/897579-de-la-cena-pascual-a-la-eucaristia |date=2015-03-31 }} |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/750985-a-cuarenta-anos-de-nostra-aetate A cuarenta años de Nostra Aetate] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/750985-a-cuarenta-anos-de-nostra-aetate A cuarenta años de Nostra Aetate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330051745/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/750985-a-cuarenta-anos-de-nostra-aetate |date=2014-03-30 }} |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/797274-libertad-e-idolatria-en-el-relato-de-la-pascua Libertad e idolatría en el relato de la Pascua] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/797274-libertad-e-idolatria-en-el-relato-de-la-pascua Libertad e idolatría en el relato de la Pascua] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084214/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/797274-libertad-e-idolatria-en-el-relato-de-la-pascua |date=2016-03-04 }} |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/482355-la-vision-de-la-biblia-sobre-la-paz La visión de la Biblia sobre la paz] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/482355-la-vision-de-la-biblia-sobre-la-paz La visión de la Biblia sobre la paz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225321/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/482355-la-vision-de-la-biblia-sobre-la-paz |date=2018-05-04 }} |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/59533-a-la-sombra-del-golem A la sombra del golem] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/59533-a-la-sombra-del-golem A la sombra del golem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316155412/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/59533-a-la-sombra-del-golem |date=2016-03-16 }} |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/349812-sacrificios-que-no-acercan-a-dios Sacrificios que no acercan a Dios] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/349812-sacrificios-que-no-acercan-a-dios Sacrificios que no acercan a Dios] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173348/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/349812-sacrificios-que-no-acercan-a-dios |date=2016-03-03 }} |
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* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/331874-el-dialogo-interreligioso El diálogo interreligioso] |
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/331874-el-dialogo-interreligioso El diálogo interreligioso] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328230948/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/331874-el-dialogo-interreligioso |date=2015-03-28 }} |
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Skorka, Abraham. 2023. "In Search of God: A Desperate View of the Conflicts of the Present." ''[https://www.spirituality-studies.org Spirituality Studies]'' 9 (2): 54-59. https://www.spirituality-studies.org/dp-volume9-issue2-fall2023/54/ |
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== References == |
== References == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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*[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1326530-aportes-del-dialogo-interreligioso Excerpts from the book ''Sobre el Cielo y la Tierra'' of Skorka and Bergoglio in Spanish: ''Aportes del diálogo interreligioso'' on Lanacion.com.ar] |
*[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1326530-aportes-del-dialogo-interreligioso Excerpts from the book ''Sobre el Cielo y la Tierra'' of Skorka and Bergoglio in Spanish: ''Aportes del diálogo interreligioso'' on Lanacion.com.ar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026180815/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1326530-aportes-del-dialogo-interreligioso |date=2012-10-26 }} |
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Videos |
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Latest revision as of 13:36, 29 May 2024
Rabbi Abraham Skorka | |
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Personal | |
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | July 5, 1950
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | Argentinian |
Denomination | Conservative Judaism |
Occupation | Rector of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires Rabbi of the Jewish community Benei Tikva Professor of biblical and rabbinic literature at the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano |
Semikhah | Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano |
Abraham Skorka (born July 5, 1950) is an Argentine biophysicist, rabbi and book author. He is rector emeritus of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires,[1] the rabbi of the Jewish community Benei Tikva, professor of biblical and rabbinic literature at the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano and honorary professor of Hebrew Law at the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires.
Career
[edit]Abraham Skorka held with the Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, a series of inter-religious talks on topics such as God, fundamentalism, atheists, death, holocaust, homosexuality, and capitalism. The dialogues alternately took place at the seat of the bishop and at the Jewish Community Benei Tikva. They were published in a book titled Sobre el Cielo y la Tierra (On Heaven and Earth).
In 1973 he graduated from the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano with ordination as a rabbi.[2]
In 1979 he was awarded his doctorate in Chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires. Skorka has published scientific papers in the field of biophysics and numerous articles in the field of Biblical and Talmudic research.[3]
He received a doctorate honoris causa from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City.[4]
In 2010 the Universidad Católica Argentina awarded him a doctorate honoris causa,[5] the first time in Latin America that a Catholic university gave this title to a rabbi.[6]
In May 2017, Skorka published an approbation in regards to the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity entitled To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians which was published two years beforehand by the Israel-based Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC).[7]
In 2018-2019, he serves as Visiting University Professor at the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On 10 May 2023, University of Trnava conferred a honorary doctorate in theology on Skorka for his "contributions to Judeo-Christian dialogue, interfaith dialogue and tolerance in science and pedagogy".[8] Skorka was congratulated and greeted by Pope Francis on this occasions.[9]
Works
[edit]Books
- Miles de años por semana : vision actual de la lectura de la Torah. 1997
- co-author and editor: Introducción al Derecho Hebreo. 2001, ISBN 978-9502312002
- Hacia un mañana sin fe? 2007, Ediciones Asamblea Rabinica Latinoameriana, ISBN 978-9875506374
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Abraham Skorka: Sobre el Cielo y la Tierra. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 2010, ISBN 9789500732932. Translated into English as On Heaven and Earth.
- He wrote the foreword to the 2020 book, Jesus Wasn't Killed by the Jews, Orbis Books.
Cassette
- "Maimonides' Laws of Giving to the Poor", Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Rabbinical Assembly, 2000[10]
Articles published in La Nacion (selection)
- De la muerte de Dios a la muerte de lo humano
- Diálogo profundo en un mundo inconexo Archived 2015-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- De Fuenteovejuna a Pasteur 633 Archived 2015-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- De la cena pascual a la eucaristía Archived 2015-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- A cuarenta años de Nostra Aetate Archived 2014-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Libertad e idolatría en el relato de la Pascua Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- La visión de la Biblia sobre la paz Archived 2018-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- A la sombra del golem Archived 2016-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Sacrificios que no acercan a Dios Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- El diálogo interreligioso Archived 2015-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
Articles
Skorka, Abraham. 2023. "In Search of God: A Desperate View of the Conflicts of the Present." Spirituality Studies 9 (2): 54-59. https://www.spirituality-studies.org/dp-volume9-issue2-fall2023/54/
References
[edit]- ^ "Pope's book co-authored with rabbi to be translated into English". Haaretz.
- ^ "Seminario Rabinico Latinamericano Rabinos Graduados". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
- ^ "Sobre el Cielo y la Tierra - Bergoglio - Skorka - Libros". Tematika.com. 2010-11-17. Archived from the original on 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ^ "Seminario Rabinico Latinamericano Profesores". Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
- ^ "UCA" (PDF).
- ^ "Doctorado honoris causa de la UCA para el rabino Skorka - LA NACION". La Nación. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
- ^ "ORTHODOX RABBINIC STATEMENT ON CHRISTIANITY". Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Udelili sme čestný doktorát Abrahamovi Skorkovi | Trnavská univerzita v Trnave | TRUNI". www.truni.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ^ "Pápež vyjadril radosť z udelenia čestného doktorátu rabínovi Skorkovi v Trnave - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Slovak). 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ^ "Judaic Lecture Audio Cassette Tape Collection at the Rosenkrantz Family Library at Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel". Beki.org. 2007-12-07. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
External links
[edit]- Excerpts from the book Sobre el Cielo y la Tierra of Skorka and Bergoglio in Spanish: Aportes del diálogo interreligioso on Lanacion.com.ar Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
Videos
- Pope Francis and the Jews. Rabbi Abraham Skorka, rector and professor of Biblical and Rabbinic Literature at the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano, speaks about his longtime dialogue partner and friend, Pope Francis, at The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) on YouTube. (en), (The speech begins at 10.41)
- Abraham Skorka: La creación del cosmos on YouTube, (es)
- Report on the award of Honorary Doctor of the Universidad Católica Argentina to Abraham Skorka on YouTube, (es)
Pictures
- People from Buenos Aires
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- Argentine Conservative rabbis
- Biophysicists
- Argentine physicists
- Living people
- Argentine chemists
- Jewish scientists
- Jewish Argentine writers
- University of Buenos Aires alumni
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- Pope Francis
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America alumni
- Christian and Jewish interfaith dialogue
- Rectors of universities in Argentina