Fr. Lawrence E. Frizzell
Associate Professor
Jewish-Christian Studies
Father Frizzell explores the impact of Biblical traditions on Catholic worship and ethics.
Profile
At Seton Hall University since 1974, I helped to start the Master's Program in Jewish-Christian Studies which became the Department of Jewish-Christian Studies. A long-time collaborator with Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher, I became Director of the Institute of Judaeo-Christian Studies after his death in 1993. Interests focus on Bible, Liturgy and Christian-Jewish relations.
Education
- S.T.L., University of Ottawa, 1962
- S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, 1967
- D. Phil., University of Oxford, 1974
Publications and Academic Distinctions
Canada Council Grant (1970-73)
Consultant to Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Vatican City (2008-2013)
Maurice and Honey Axelrod Award from the NJ Department of Education, State Holocaust Commission June 2006)
Standing Before God: Oesterreicher Festschrift (with Asher Finkel)
