Norbert Lohfink SJ (28 July 1928 – 23 September 2024) was a German Catholic priest, theologian and member of the Jesuit Order.

He was professor of exegesis of the Old Testament at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt.

Lohfink was born in Frankfurt am Main, the eldest of four siblings in a workers' family;[1] his father was a train driver.

[3] He joined the Jesuits shortly after completing school with the Abitur, as a novice at Schloss Eringerfeld [de] in 1947.

[1] During this time he studied also Rilke's Duino Elegies for a year, and Henri de Lubac's Exégèse médiévale.

[3] He worked over many years in the international liturgy commission of German-speaking countries (IAG)[3] and collaborated with Georg Braulik [de] on a Deuteronomy commentary for the Hermeneia series of Fortress Press.