Horacio E. Lona

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Horacio E. Lona SDB (born June 3, 1942 in Buenos Aires ) is a Roman Catholic theologian and religious priest . He is emeritus professor for exegesis and history of early Christian literature at the Philosophical-Theological College of the Salesians of Don Bosco in Benediktbeuern . Since 1985 he has also been visiting professor at the Archbishopric College in Córdoba (Argentina) as well as at the Instituto Salesiano de Estudios Teológicos and at the Theological Faculty of the Catholic University in Buenos Aires.

biography

Horacio E. Lona is a priest and a member of the Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco . After studying philosophy at the Instituto Filosófico Miguel Rúa in Córdoba (1962–63), he studied theology at the Instituto Teológico Villada (1966–67) and at the Studium Theologicum (1967–69) in Córdoba. He did his doctorate and habilitation at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg under Rudolf Schnackenburg , one of the leading Catholic exegetes in the field of the Second Vatican Council . In 1976 he became professor for New Testament exegesis at the Philosophical-Theological College of his order in Benediktbeuern. Here he taught and researched until his retirement in 2010. In addition to his work in Benediktbeuern, he also taught at the theological schools in Buenos Aires and Córdoba (Argentina).

The main research areas of Horacio E. Lona in the New Testament are Paul and the Pauline letters , especially the Deuteropaulinic letters to the Colossians and Ephesians, as well as questions of the New Testament eschatology . In addition to the New Testament, Horacio E. Lona is interested in the Christian literature of the 2nd century. In this area his comments on the First Letter of Clement , on the writing to Diognet and on the anti-Christian treatise by the Platonic philosopher Kelsus should be mentioned. His participation in the International Working Group Second Century (IAG) , which he set up in 1992 together with Norbert Brox and Ferdinand R. Prostmeier from the University of Regensburg and their annual meeting at the University of Applied Sciences , is also due to his interest in the literature and history of early Christianity Benediktbeuern take place. One of the fruits of this working group is the initiation and publication of the Commentary on Early Christian Apologists (KfA) by Verlag Herder, together with Norbert Brox, Kurt Niederwimmer , Jörg Ulrich and Ferdinand R. Prostmeier.

Horacio E. Lona is the younger brother of Bishop Jorge Luis Lona of San Luis (Argentina).

Works (selection)

  • Logos of Reason - Logos of Faith. Festgabe on the 80th birthday of Edgar Früchtel (Millennium Studies in the culture and history of the first millennium CE [MST], Vol. 31), ed. by Ferdinand R. Prostmeier and Horacio E. Lona. Walter De Gruyter: Berlin / New York 2010.
  • Short introduction to Paul , 2nd revised. u. exp. Ed., Freiburg u. a. 2009 (1st edition 2006).
  • Judas Iscariot. Legend and truth. Judas in the Gospels and the Gospel of Judas , Freiburg u. a. 2007.
  • The "true teaching" of the Celsus (Commentary on early Christian apologists, Erg.-Vd. 1), Freiburg u. a. 2005.
  • To Diognet (Commentary on early Christian apologists, vol. 8), Freiburg a. a. 2001.
  • The first letter of Clement (Commentary on the Apostolic Fathers, Vol. 2), Göttingen 1998.
  • About the resurrection of the flesh. Studies on early Christian eschatology (supplements to the journal for the New Testament science and the news of the older church, vol. 66), Berlin / New York 1993.
  • The eschatology in Colossians and Ephesians (Research on the Bible, Vol. 48), Würzburg 1984. (Diss. Habil.)
  • Abraham in Johannes 8. A contribution to the question of method (European university publications: series 23, theology; vol. 65), Frankfurt a. M. 1976. (Diss.)

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SURNAME Lona, Horacio E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lona, Horacio E. SDB
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine religious and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires