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Pontifical Biblical Institute

    Prof. Jean-Noel Aletti, Professor of New Testament Studies

    Prof. Dean P. Béchard, Professor of New Testament Studies

    Prof. Jean-Louis Ska, Professor of Old Testament Exegesis

Pontifical Gregorian University

    Prof. Tom Casey SJ, Professor of Judaic Studies, Professor of the Philosophy of Culture

    Prof. Felix Körner SJ, Professor of Dogmatic Theology

    Prof. Philipp Gabriel Renczes, SJ, Professor of Dogmatic Theology

    Prof. Jean-Pierre Sonnet, SJ, Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and Biblical Theology

    Prof. João Vila-Chã, SJ, Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology

Pontifical Biblical Institute 

Address

Pontificial Biblical Institute
Via della Pilotta 25, 00187 Rome, Italy
Phone: +39 06/69 52 61
Fax: +39 06/69 52 66 211

http://www.biblico.it/ 

Prof. Jean-Noel Aletti

Professor of New Testament Studies

Pontifical Biblical Institute
Via dell a Pilotta, 25
00187 Rome (Italy)
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tel. +3906 69 5261

Research Profile

Pauline Letters.
Greco-Roman rhetoric and epistolography.
Narrative approach to the narratives of the New Testament.
Narrative approach to the ancient Jewish and Christian non canonical narratives.
Qumran and intertestamentary literature.

Teaching Profile

Exegesis of Romans, Galatians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Philippians.
Exegesis of the Deutero-Pauline Letters (Colossians & Ephesians)
Seminars: Synoptic Problem; Typology; NT Narratives.

Selected Publications

L'art de raconter Jesus Christ. L'écriture narrative de l'évangile de Luc, Éditions du Seuil, Paris
1989 (translated into Italian, Spanish, Portuguese).

Comment Dieu est-il juste? Clefs pour interpreter l'épître aux Romains, Éditions du Seuil, Paris
1991 (will be soon translated into English).

Épître aux Colossiens. Introduction, traduction et Commentaire, Éditions J. Gabalda et Cie, Paris 1993 (translated into Italian).

Jésus Christ fait-il l'unité du Nouveau Testament?, Éditions Desclée, Paris 1994, (Translated into
Italian and Spanish).

II racconto come teologia. Studio narrativo del terzo Vangelo e del libro degli Atti degli Apostoli.
Editions Dehoniane Roma 1996, 228p. = Quand Luc raconte, Éditions du Cerf, Paris 1998.

Commentary to the Letter to the Romans, International Bible Commentary, Liturgical Press, 1998.

Israël et la Loi dans l'épître aux Romains, Éditions du Cerf, Paris 1998.

Quand Luc raconte. Le recit comme theologie, Cerf, Paris 1998.

Épître aux Ephesiens. Introduction, traduction et commentaire, Éditions J. Gabalda et Cie, Paris 2001.

Épître aux Philippiens. Introduction, traduction et commentaire, Éditions J. Gabalda et Cie, Paris

Prof. Dean P. Béchard, S. J.

Professor of New Testament Studies

Pontifical Biblical Institute
Via della Pilotta 25
00187 Rome, Italy

Phone: +39 06 - 69 52 61
Fax: +39 06 - 69 52 66 - 151

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Research Profile

Greco-Roman Milieu of New Testament Literature

Social History of Early Christianity in the First Two Centuries

Synoptic Gospels, especially the Gospel of Luke

Acts of the Apostles

Selected Publications

"The Theological Significance of 'Judaea' in Luke-Acts," in: J. Verheyden (ed.), The Unity of Luke-Acts (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1999), 675-691.

Paul Outside the Walls: A Study of Paul's Socio-Geographical Universalism in Acts 14:8-20. Analecta Biblica 143, Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 2000.

"Paul Among the Rustics: The Lystran Episode and Lucan Apologetic," in: Catholic Bilical Quarterly 63 (2001), 84-101.

"The Disputed Case Against Paul: A Redaction Critical Analysis of Acts 21:27-22:29," in: Catholic Bilical Quarterly 65 (2003), 232-250.

Prof. Jean-Louis Ska

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis

Pontifical Biblical Institute
Via della Pilotta 25
00187 Rome, Italy

Phone: +39 06 - 69 52 61
Fax: +39 06 - 69 52 66 - 151 or 211

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Research Profile

Composition and Exegesis of the Pentateuch and narrative analysis of Old Testament Literature.

Teaching Profile

Selected Publications

"Le passage de la mer : Étude de la construction, du style et de la symbolique d’Ex 14,1-31," Analecta Biblica 109. Roma: Pontifical Biblical Institute Press, 1986.

" 'Our Fathers Have Told Us': Introduction into the Analysis of Hebrew Narratives," Subsidia Biblica 13. 2nd ed. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute Press, 2000. 

"Les énigmes du passé. Histoire d’Israël et récit biblique," trans. E. Di Pede, Le livre et le rouleau 14. 3rd ed. Bruxelles: Lessius – Paris: Le Cerf, 2003. 

Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006.

Pontifical Gregorian University 

Piazza della Pilotta, 4
00187 Rome (Italy)
Phone: (+39) 06 6701.1
Fax: (+39) 06 6701.5419

Website: http://www.unigre.it/home_en.htm

Prof. Tom Casey, SJ

Professor of Judaic Studies, Professor of the Philosophy of Culture, Director of the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies

Pontifical Gregorian University
Piazza della Pilotta, 4
00187 Rome (Italy)
Tel. +3906 67015522

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Homepage: http://www.unigre.it/Prof/scheda_docente_it.php?air_id=264

Research Profile

Søren Kierkegaard; Cultural Ethics; Contemporary Jewish thinkers

Teaching Profile

Philosophy of Culture. Contemporary Jewish Thought. Aesthetics

Selected Publications

Humble and Awake, Templegate, Springfield, Illinois, 2004.

Life and Soul, Templegate, Springfield, Illinois, 2005.

Music of Pure Love, Templegate, Springfield, Illinois, 2006.

“Levinas’ Idea of the Infinite and the Priority of the Other,” Gregorianum 84/2 (2003), 383-417. 

"Ripeness is Everything: Wise Discipleship,” Review for Religious 65/4 (2006), 354-364. 

“Mozart’s Don Giovanni and the Invitation to Full Freedom,” New Blackfriars 88/1015 (2007), 288-299. 

“The Dedalus Dream: Reflections on Irish Society with the Help of James Joyce’s Fiction,” The Way 46/4 (2007), 71-83. 

“Challenging the Dichotomy between Eros and Agape with the resources of Kierkegaard and Levinas,” in Despite Oneself: Subjectivity and its Secret in Kierkegaard and Levinas, edited by Claudia Welz and Karl Verstrynge, Turnshare: London (2008), 141-151.

“When Failure is success: challenging a widespread and reductive model of communication,” Studia Bobolanum, 4 (2008), 43-56.  

“Søren Kierkegaard”, La Civiltà Cattolica, 3/3821 (2009), 365-377. 
 

Prof. Felix Körner, SJ

Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Director of ISIRC (Istituto di Studi Interdisciplinari su Religioni e Culture)

Pontifical Gregorian University
Piazza della Pilotta 4
00187 Rome, Italy

Phone: +39 06 – 6701-5531
Fax: +39 06 – 6701-5166

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Homepage: http://www.unigre.it/Prof/scheda_docente_it.php?air_id=1620

Research Profile

Contemporary Islamic thought, Koran hermeneutics, modern Turkey; foundations and practice of interreligious dialogue; sacramental theology.

Teaching Profile

Theology of Religions, Theology of the Sacraments, Islam and Christian—Muslim Relations, Interreligious Witnessing

Selected Publications

Revisionist Koran Hermeneutics in Contemporary Turkish University Theology. Rethinking Islam, Würzburg (Ergon) 2005.

Alter Text – Neuer Kontext. Koranhermeneutik in der Türkei heute. Ausgewählte Texte, übersetzt und kommentiert von Felix Körner SJ, Freiburg (Herder) 2006.

Kirche im Angesicht des Islam. Theologie des interreligiösen Zeugnisses, Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2008.

„Historisch-kritische Koranexegese? Hermeneutische Neuansätze in der Türkei“, Görge K. Hasselhoff / Michael Meyer-Blanck (edd.), Krieg der Zeichen? Zur Interaktion von Religion, Politik und Kultur, Würzburg (Ergon) 2006, pp. 57–74.

„Kritik der historischen Kritik. Eine neue Debatte in der islamischen Theologie“, Urs Altermatt / Mariano Delgado / Guido Vergauwen (edd.), Der Islam in Europa. Zwischen Weltpolitik und Alltag, Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2006, pp. 127–142.

“Turkish Theology Meets European Philosophy. Emiglio Betti, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricœur in Muslim Thinking”, Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 62 (2006), pp. 805–809.

Felix Körner, “When Islam Receives Criticism. Historical Koran Exegesis in Today’s Turkey”, Rosenzweig Jahrbuch 2 (2007), pp. 153–169.

„Reizwort Dialog. Wo das christlich-muslimische Gespräch schärfer werden muß“, in: Stimmen der Zeit 226 (2008), pp. 535–546.

„JHWH, Gott, Allāh: Drei Namen für dieselbe Wirklichkeit?“, in: Theologisch-praktische Quartalschrift 158 (2010), forthcoming.

Prof. Philipp Gabriel Renczes, SJ

Professor of Dogmatic Theology

Pontifical Gregorian University
Piazza della Pilotta 4
00187 Rome, Italy

Phone: +39 06 – 6701 5473

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Homepage: http://www.unigre.it/Prof/scheda_docente_it.php?air_id=1146

Research Profile

Theological Anthropology (Grace); Maximus the Confessor; Dialogue between Patristic and Systematic Theology; Patristic Theology of Judaism

Teaching Profile

Theology of Grace: Biblical, Historical, Systematic; Augustine’s Theological Anthropology and its reception in 20th century theology; Theology of Maximus the Confessor; Church and Synagogue in the Patristic Period.

Selected Publications

Agir de Dieu et liberté de l'homme. Recherches sur l'anthropologie théologique de
Saint Maxime le Confesseur (Cogitatio Fidei 229), Paris, Éditions du Cerf 2003.

"Nous avons vu la raison, donc le but dans lequel Dieu s'est fait homme, plein de grâce et de vérité" Un finalisme analogique comme spécificité de l'anthropologie théologique de Maxime le Confesseur, in Connaissance des Pères de l'Église, 97 (2005), 22-34

"Jesus, der Gesalbte, Zentrum der Schöpfung?“, Revista Española de Teologia 67, 2-3 (2007), 165-183.

“Raíces del pensamiento educativo cristiano. Los padres de la Iglesia”, Edetania 35 (2008), 69-80.

La patristica e la metafisica nel secolo XX, Gregorianum 90 (2009), 76-85. 

Prof. Jean-Pierre Sonnet, SJ

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and Biblical Theology

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and Biblical Theology
Pontifical Gregorian University
Piazza della Pilotta 4
00187 Rome, Italy

Phone: +39 06 – 695 276 616
Fax: +39 06 – 695 276 562

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Homepage: http://www.unigre.it/Prof/scheda_docente_it.php?air_id=1622

Research Profile

Exegesis of the Pentateuch and narrative analysis of Old Testament Literature; biblical narrative and narrative theology.

Teaching Profile

General: Introduction to the Pentateuch. Specific: Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy; David’s Story; Jonah; Ruth; Song of Songs; Narrative and Poetry in the Hebrew Bible.

Selected Publications

La parole consacrée : théorie des actes de langage, linguistique de l’énonciation et parole de la foi, Bibliothèque des Cahiers de l’Institut de Linguistique de Louvain 25, Louvain-La-Neuve, Peeters, 1984.

The Book within the Book. Writing in Deuteronomy, coll. Biblical Interpretation Series 14, Leiden, Brill, 1997.

L’analyse narrative des récits de l’Ancien Testament, Cahiers Évangile 107, Paris, Cerf, 1999 (in collaboration with J.-L. Ska and A. Wénin).

"Du chant érotique au chant mystique," in Regards croisés sur le Cantique des cantiques, J.-M. Auwers (ed.), Le livre et le rouleau 22, Bruxelles, Lessius, 2005, pp. 79-105.

"À la croisée des mondes. Aspects narratifs et théologiques du point de vue dans la Bible hébraïque," in  Regards croisés sur la Bible. Études sur le point de vue. Actes du IIIe colloque international du Réseau de recherche en narrativité biblique. Paris 8-10 juin 2006, Lectio Divina, Paris, Cerf, 2007, pp. 75-100.

Le chant des montées. Marcher à Bible ouverte, Paris, DDB, 2008.

"L’analyse narrative des récits bibliques," in Manuel d’exégèse de l’Ancien Testament, M. Bauks et Chr. Nihan (ed.), Le Monde de la Bible 61, Genève, Labor et Fides, 2008, pp. 47-94.

"God’s Repentance and ‘False Starts’ in Biblical History," in Proceedings of the XIX Congress of the IOSOT, J. Krašovec (éd.), Leiden, Brill, 2009, pp. 469-494.

"Ehyeh asher ehyeh (Exodus 3:14): God’s Narrative Identity among Suspense, Curiosity, and Surprise," Poetics Today 31:2 (2010) (forthcoming).

Prof. João Vila-Chã, SJ

Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology

Pontifical Gregorian University
Piazza della Pilotta 4
00187 Rome, Italy

Phone: +39 06 – 6701 5688

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Homepage: http://www.unigre.it/Prof/scheda_docente_it.php?air_id=1631

Research Profile

Philosophy of Language; Problem of God; Theory of Interpretation; Philosophy of Love; Issues of Justice and Peace.

Reaching Profile

Philosophical Anthropology; Philosophy of Religion; Social and Political Philosophy; Renaissance Philosophy.

Selected Publications

“O Homem e o Ser: Aspectos do debate entre Humanismo e Anti-Humanismo”. In: Didaskalia. 29 (1999), n. 1-2, 279-299.

“Leão Hebreu e o significado da sua obra”. In: Hebreu, Leão (ca.1460-?) - Diálogos de Amor. Tradução de Giacinto Manuppella. Lisboa: Moeda, 2001, 9-55.

“Enigma da Transcendência: Elementos para uma ontologia do exílio segundo E. Levinas”. In:  L. C. Susin/M. Fabri et al (ed.s): Éticas em Diálogo: Levinas e o Pensamento Contemporâneo: Questões e Interfaces. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, 2003, pp. 17-42.

“O Princípio da Não-Indiferença: E. Levinas e o (Anti)Humanismo Contemporâneo”. In: J. M. Santos/P. M. S. Alves et al. (ed.s): A Fenomenologia hoje. Lisboa: Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa , 2003, 163-179.

“Spinoza’s Marranism and the Law of Love”. In: Cardozo Law Review. 25 (2003), 531-569.

“Am Anfang ist die Liebe: Die Bibel und die Kabbala in Leone Ebreo’s Dialoghi d’amore”. In: P. Koslowski (ed.): Philosophische Religion: Gnosis zwischen Philosophie und Theologie. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2006, 67-87.

“O Princípio do Amor ou o Amor como Princípio de Justiça”. In: V. Duran Casas/J. C. Scannone et al. (ed.s): Contribuciones filosóficas para una mayor justicia. Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre Editores, 2006, 199-221.

“The Transformation of Consciousness: Walter J. Ong and the Presence of the Word in the Making of Culture”. In: F. G. Lawrence (ed.):Lonergan Workshop: Celebrating the 450th Jesuit Jubilee. Boston: Boston College, 2006, pp. 287-323.

“A Estrutura Meta-Ontológica do A-Deus: O Dom da Morte segundo Emmanuel Levinas”. In: I. Borges-Duarte (ed.): A Morte e a Origem: Em torno de Heidegger e de Freud. Lisboa: Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, 2008, 279-306.

“From Subject to Person: The Role of Philosophy and Religion in the Understanding of the Human Being”. In: N. Omelchenko (ed.): The Human Being in Contemporary Philosophical Conceptions. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009, 177-188.

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Pontifical Biblical Institute

    Prof. Jean-Noel Aletti, Professor of New Testament Studies

    Prof. Dean P. Béchard, Professor of New Testament Studies

    Prof. Jean-Louis Ska, Professor of Old Testament Exegesis

Pontifical Gregorian University

    Prof. Tom Casey SJ, Professor of Judaic Studies, Professor of the Philosophy of Culture

    Prof. Felix Körner SJ, Professor of Dogmatic Theology

    Prof. Philipp Gabriel Renczes, SJ, Professor of Dogmatic Theology

    Prof. Jean-Pierre Sonnet, SJ, Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and Biblical Theology

    Prof. João Vila-Chã, SJ, Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology