Emmanuel Pétavel-Olliff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEmmanuel Pétavel-Olliff
biblical scholar (1836-1910)
Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1836
Place of Birth: Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Date of Death: 15-Nov-1910
Profession: pastor
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Emmanuel Pétavel-Olliff
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- Emmanuel Pétavel-Olliff (1836–1910) was a Swiss pastor and biblical scholar.He was son of Abram-François Pétavel (1791–1870), Neuchâtel pastor, pro-Jewish writer and author of the poem La fille de Sion; ou, le rétablissement d'Israël (1850)Pétavel-Olliff wrote an early history of the Bible in France (1864).
- In 1866 Pétavel-Olliff formed a society in Paris for the publication of a new ecumenical French translation of the Bible which was to include Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and independent scholars.
- Originally the project had government support and the participation of Catholic scholars, but by the second conference in Paris in 1867 the Catholic scholars had withdrawn and the project was abandoned.In England Pétavel-Olliff was mainly known for the translation of La fin du mal which presented a Protestant case for conditional immortality.
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