Louis-Hugues Vincent

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Louis-Hugues Vincent (born August 31, 1872 in Vernioz , † December 30, 1960 in Jerusalem ) was a French Dominican and Biblical archaeologist . He made a significant contribution to the archeology of Israel / Palestine.

During the Parker expedition , around 1910 (Photo: Underground Jerusalem )

Life

Born in the village of Saint-Alban-de-Varèze, parish of Vernioz , Vincent joined the Dominican Order in 1889 and, after his novitiate in 1891, the year of his priestly ordination, was sent to the convent of St. Etienne in Jerusalem. He lived there for the rest of his life, apart from extended stays in France during the world wars.

At the recently by Marie-Joseph Lagrange founded Ecole Biblique and taught Vincent studied archeology. He made his own contributions from 1907 onwards. He was known for attending any ongoing excavation in Palestine. By building up a ceramic collection, he became an expert in this field, on whose preparatory work, for example, William Foxwell Albright could build.

Together with Montagu Parker, 5th Earl of Morley , who was interested in treasure hunts and who wanted to find the Ark of the Covenant , Vincent carried out excavations in the area of ​​the Gihon Spring from 1909 to 1911 , during which Vincent carried out an exact documentation of the work, for example a survey of the Hezekiah Tunnels .

Vincent published numerous articles in the Revue Biblique , of which he was editor-in-chief from 1931 to 1938.

His grave is in the cemetery of the Dominican Convention in the old city of Jerusalem .

Works (selection)

  • Canaan d'après l'exploration récente . Paris 1907.
  • Underground Jerusalem: Discoveries on the Hill of Ophel ( Jérusalem sous terre. Les récentes fouilles d'Ophel ). London 1911.
  • (with Félix Marie Abel :) Bethléem, le sanctuaire de la nativité. University of Toronto 1914.
  • Jérusalem, recherches de topographie, d'archéologie et d'histoire . Paris 1912-1926. ( archive.org )
  • Ceramique de la Palestine. Paris 1923.
  • Hébron, le Haram el-Khalîl. Paris 1923.
  • Sainte-Anne et les sanctuaires hors de la ville, histoire monumentale de la Jérusalem nouvelle. Paris 1926.
  • (with Félix Marie Abel :) Emmaüs, sa basilique et son histoire . Paris 1932.
  • (with Marie-Joseph Stève :) Jérusalem de l'Ancien Testament , 1954.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas W. Davis: Shifting Sands: The Rise and Fall of Biblical Archeology . Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 40.66 .
personal data
SURNAME Vincent, Louis-Hugues
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Dominican and Biblical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Vernioz
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1960
Place of death Jerusalem