Norman Solomon (rabbi)

Dr. Norman Solomon is a British Orthodox rabbi, professor, and scholar in the field of Jewish studies and Jewish-Christian relations.

Biography

Norman Solomon was born in Cardiff, South Wales and attended Cardiff High School and St. John’s College, Cambridge. He attained rabbinic ordination at Jews' College (London School of Jewish Studies) in London, England and a Ph.D. at the University of Manchester. He served Orthodox congregations in Manchester, Liverpool, London and Birmingham, England. He was later director of the Centre for the Study of Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations at the Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham and a Fellow in Modern Jewish Thought at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. He was also lecturer in Theology at the University of Oxford. A former Vice President of the World Congress of Faiths, a Patron of the International Interfaith Centre and an Adviser to the International Council of Christians and Jews, he has been actively involved in interfaith dialogue with Christians and Muslims. He has written five books and over seventy articles on a wide range of issues in the fields of Jewish studies and Jewish-Christian relations. He has also edited a number of volumes in these fields. His major works include his books Judaism and World Religion and The Analytic Movement: Hayyim Soloveitchik and His School.

Publications

• Judaism and World Religion (1991)
• (1991), ‘The Soloveitchik Line (On Interfaith Dialogue),’ Dan Cohn-Sherbok (ed.), Problems in Contemporary Jewish Theology, pp. 225–240
• The Analytic Movement: Hayyim Soloveitchik and His School (1993)
• A Very Short Introduction to Judaism (1996)
• Judaism: A Brief Insight (1996)
• Historical Dictionary of Judaism (1998)

Sources

• His CV at the centre for Jewish Studies

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