Raymond-Jacques Tournay
Raymond-Jacques Tournay was a French Dominican, member of the École Biblique, Biblical scholars and assyriologist.Honours
Tournay is recipient of two French titles: ordre national du Mérite then Légion d'honneur.
On 15 November 1994 the University of Fribourg awarded him an honorary degree for half a century of both scientific activity, efforts to promote peace between Jews and Arabs, and concern for the poor and political prisoners .