Ulrich Simon
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Ulrich Ernst Simon (Berlin 21 September 1913 - London 31 July 1997) was an Anglican theologian of German Jewish origin.[1]
Simon was sent to England by his non-practising Jewish parents in 1933. His father, the composer James Simon, later died in the Holocaust. Simon converted to Anglicanism and was ordained deacon 1938, priest 1939. He was University Lecturer, King's College London 1945-60, Reader in Theology 1960-72, Professor of Christian Literature 1972-80, Dean 1978-80.[2]
Works
- Theology of Salvation a study of Isaiah 40-55 (1953)
- Heaven in the Christian Tradition (1958)
- The Ascent to Heaven (1961)
- The end is not yet: a study in Christian eschatology (1964)
- A Theology of Auschwitz (1967)
- Sitting in Judgement autobiography (1978)