Jean de Menasce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean de Menasce

Dominican priest and scholar

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1902

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1973

Profession: theologian, orientalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jean de Menasce (1902–1973) was a French Catholic priest, of the Dominican Order, as well as an author and academic.
He came from Jewish Egyptian and French parentage.
Over his lifetime he mastered fifteen languages, including Hebrew, Syriac, and Pahlavi.
He was in the Catholic contingent among Jewish and Protestant leaders at an important post-war interfaith conference.
Menasce wrote as a theologian, and as a scholar of Middle Eastern studies, especially regarding Judaism, and the Zoroastrian religion.