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    • The current laureate
    • Past laureates
    • Subsequent Nobel Prize laureates
  • Nomination and selection
    • Nomination 2023
  • The award ceremony
    • The award ceremony 2022
    • The award ceremony 2021
    • The award ceremony 2020
    • The award ceremony 2019
    • The award ceremony 2018
    • The award ceremonies of the past
  • Marcel Benoist
    • The founder
    • The legacy
  • Create excellence!
    • “A prize for another 100 years”
    • Tax-related & legal issues
  • Foundation
    • Foundation
    • News
    • Board of Trustees
    • Patronage Committee and Friends
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Othmar Keel

Laureate 2005: Othmar Keel

Understanding the roots of the heritage shared by Jews, Christians and Muslims

Religious historian Othmar Keel is an internationally recognised expert whose research focuses on the relationship between biblical metaphors, symbols and visions and those of neighbouring cultures. His work is important in many ways: it demonstrates a close cultural and historical relationship between the three great monotheistic religions of the ancient East, which links them not only with each other but also with the polytheism that preceded them. In addition, Keels work has revolutionised the interpretation of the Holy Scriptures of Israel, and so promotes a better understanding of the Old Testament and its place in the cultural and historical context.

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Marcel Benoist Foundation
State Secretariat for Education,
Research and Innovation SERI
Einsteinstrasse 2
CH – 3003 Bern

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