Papers of Peter Schneider

Typescripts of lectures,articles and collected papers relating to Jewish-Christian relations and a photograph of Schneider.

Administrative/Biographical History

Canon H. Peter Schneider (1928-1982) was born of Jewish parents in Czechoslovakia. He came to England at the age of 10 as a refugee from Nazi persecution. He was subsequently brought up as a Christian and ordained in the Church of England in 1954. Following a London curacy, he became chaplain at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. In 1960, he went to Israel as chaplain to St Luke's, Haifa. In 1964, he became Adviser to the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem in Jewish-Christian Relations, pioneering dialogue and mutual understanding between Jews and Christians beyond the bounds of his own denomination, In 1973, he returned to England and continued this work through the Church of England and numerous ecumenical organisations while serving in parishes in Suffolk and Sussex.

Reference: Text of biography with mounted photograph of Schneider in the collection.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

The provenance of this deposit is unknown.

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