École Biblique et Archéologique

school, Jerusalem

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The École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem is a French Catholic school in Jerusalem founded in 1890. It is a prominent center for biblical and archaeological research in the Holy Land. The school is known for its scholarly contributions to the study of theology and the history of Israel and the Middle East, housing valuable libraries and collections of antiquities and manuscripts. It is one of several important research institutes located in Jerusalem, alongside institutions like the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and the Pontifical Biblical Institute.1

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The modern period
…Christianity), the Dominicans of the École Biblique et Archéologique (The School of the Bible and Archeology) in Jerusalem (to whom one must credit the Jerusalem Bible), and the Jesuits of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and others.
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…Christianity), the Dominicans of the École Biblique et Archéologique (The School of the Bible and Archeology) in Jerusalem (to whom one must credit the Jerusalem Bible), and the Jesuits of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and others.
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