Background
He grew up as one of eleven children in a family in the Canton of Saint Gallen.
theologian university professor Judaic scholar
He grew up as one of eleven children in a family in the Canton of Saint Gallen.
After theological studies at Saint Augustin near Bonn and Saint Gabriel in Vienna, he was ordained a priest. As part of his research Thoma undertook a systematic approach to present Rabbinic parables to New Testament scholars, for comparative purposes. In 1994 Thoma received the Buber-Rosenzweig-Meda
Hayim Perelmuter stated that Thoma"s work on the Rabbinic parables "adornes the world of scholarship".