Birth

May 29^th 1965, Piešťany, Slovakia

Personal:

• Member of the Society of Jesus
• Roman Catholic Priest ordained in June 1997

Education:

• Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge MA (1999-2005)
  Specialization: Hebrew Bible – Degree: Th.D.
   
• Pontificio Instituto Biblico, Rome (1996-99)
  Specialization: Biblical studies– Degree: S.S.L., Magna cum laude
   
• École Biblique et Archaeologique Française de Jerusalem, Jerusalem
  Spring semester of 1998– Special studies in Archaeology and Geography of Israel
   
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem (summer 1995) – Specialization: Biblical Hebrew
   
• Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome(1993-96) –
  Specialization: Theology – Degree: Bachelor, Magna cum laude
   
• Theological Institute of St. Aloisius, Bratislava (1991-93) – Specialization: Philosophy
  
  
• Slovak Technical University, Bratislava (1983-88)
  Specialization: Biochemistry
  Degree: Master of Sciences, Summa cum laude

Professional experience:

• Prof. of the Old Testament exegesis at Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, spring semester 2006-;
• Prof. of the Old Testament Exegesis and Hebrew at Trnava University (Slovakia) 2004-08;
• Prof. of the Old Testament Studies at Trnava University (Slovakia), spring semester of 1999-2000;
• Prof. of Religion at Collegio Massimo in Rome, 1992-3;
• Research assistant at the Slovak Academy of Science 1989-90.

Awards and grants:

• Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship in 2003, Harvard Divinity School
• Pheiffer’s grant in 2001, Harvard University
• Pheiffer’s grant in 2000, Harvard University
• Winner of the International Competition in Biochemical Technologies in 1987, Prague

Field experience:

• Eastern Turkey, May 2004, survey of Urartian fortresses
• Israel, March-May 2004, collecting information on Neo-Assyrian remains
• Syria, Summer 2002, three weeks of field work
• Greece and Turkey, Summer 2001, six weeks of field work under the guidance of Prof. H. Koester (Harvard University) and other distinguished European archaeologists
• Israel, Leon-Levy expedition 2000, seven weeks of field work in Ashqalon under the direction of Prof. L. Stager (Harvard University)
• Jordan, June 1998, field work under the guidance of professors of École Biblique et Archaeologique Française de Jerusalem
• Israel, Spring semester 1997/8, field works organized by École Biblique et Archaeologique Française de Jerusalem

Professional organizations:

• International Association for Assyriology
• Catholic Biblical Association
• Society of the Biblical Literature

Bibliography

Monographs:

• Dubovský, P. Hezekiah and the Assyrian Spies: Reconstruction of the Neo-Assyrian Intelligence Services and Its Significance for 2 Kings 18–19, Biblica et Orientalia 49. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2006.

Edited volumes:

• Dubovský, P. ed., Genezis: Preklad a komentár. KSZ I. Trnava: Dobrá Kniha 2008.
• Varšo, M. Abdiáš, Jonáš, Micheáš. Edited by P. Dubovský, KSZ II. Trnava: Dobrá kniha, 2010.

Book sections:

• Dubovský, P. “Aktualizovanie Dekalógu v starovekom Izraeli.” In Legislatívne Texty Biblie III, edited by Pavol Farkaš, 58-64. Bratislava - Nitra: UK Bratislava, 2009.
• Dubovský, P. “Genesis 39 and the Tale of the Two Brothers.” In Bible et Terre Sainte, edited by J. E. Aguilar Chiu, 47-61. New York; Washington: Peter Lang, 2008.
• Dubovský, P. “Súčasné exegetické prúdy versus teológia a pastorácia dnes.” In Fórum pastorálních teologů VII: Jak vykládat Písmo Svaté, 19-26. Olomouc: Centrum Aletti, 2008.
• Brodňanská, E., P. Dubovský, and H. Panczová. O Nepravej ženskej kráse. Bratislava: Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity, 2007. (About False Women’s Beauty – Translations and Introduction to Tertulian’s writings)
• Dubovský, P. “Neo-Assyrian Warfare: Logistics and Weaponry During the Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III.” In Proceedings of the International Symposium: Arms and Armour through the Ages, edited by M. Novotná, W. Jobst, M. Dufková, K. Kuzmová and P. Hnila, 61-67. Trnava: Trnavská Univerzita, 2006.
• Dubovský, P. “Štruktúra patriarchálnej rodiny v Starom Zákone a jej vplyv na nerozlučnosť manželstva.” In Rodina v súčasnom svete, 9-18. Bratislava: TF TU, 2006. (The Structure of Israelite Patriarchal Family)
• Dubovský, P. “Melchizedek a jeho obeta v dejinách biblickej interpretácie.” In Sväté Písmo a Božíkult: Zborník z konferencie s medzinárodnou účasťou, edited by P. Fedor, 39-58. Svit: Katolícke Biblické Dielo, 2006. (Melchizedek and his Offer: History of Interpretation)
• Dubovský, P. “Rovnosť v teórii, nerovnosť v praxi: Pohľad Biblie na postavenie muža a ženy.” In Muž a žena z personalistického hľadiska, edited by J. Letz and A. Démuth, 51-58. Trnava: FF TU, 2005. (Gn 1 and Gn 2: Equality in Theory and Oppression in Practice)
• Dubovský, P. “Protoevanjelium a mariologická Interpretácia.” In Úcta k presvätej bohorodičke na kresťanskom Východe, 175-89. Košice: Centrum Spirituality Východ-Západ Michala Lacku, 2005. (Gn 3,15: Iconographic Interpretation of the Hebrew Vocabulary)

Articles:

• Dubovský, P. “Riping Open Pregnant Arab Women: Reliefs in Room L of Ashurbanipal’s North Palace.” Or 78, no. 3 (2009): 394-419.
• Dubovský, P. “Historicko-kritická metóda a jej uplatnenie v teologickej reflexii na Slovensku.” StBiSl (2008): 8-17.
• Dubovský, P. “Assyrian Downfall through Isaiah’s Eyes (2 Kings 15-23): The Historiography of Representation.” Bib 89 (2008): 1-16.
• Dubovský, P. “Conquest and Reconquest of Muṣaṣir in the 8^th Century BCE.” SAAB XV (2006): 141-46.
• Dubovský, P. “Tiglath-pileser III’s Campaigns in 734-732 B.C.: Historical Background of Isa 7, 2 Kgs 15-16 and 2 Chr 27-28.” Bib 87 (2006): 153-70.
• Dubovský, P. “Poklady na Slovenských farách: Latinský text Frankfurtského vydania.” In Studia Biblica Slovaca 2006, edited by B. Štrba, 108-144. Svit: Katolícke Biblické Dielo, 2006. (Discovery of Pagnino’s Bible in Slovakia)
• Dubovský, P. “Poklady na Slovenských farách: Frankfurtské vydanie Vatableho úpravy Pagninovho latinského prekladu Biblie.” In Studia Biblica Slovaca 2006, edited by B. Štrba, 145-60. Svit: Katolícke Biblické Dielo, 2006. (Analysis of Pagnino’s Latin Bible)
• Dubovský, P. “Postmoderná kríza hodnôt a Kniha Kazateľ.” Teologický časopis IV/2 (2006): 35-50. (Postmodern Crisis and Qohelet)
• Dubovský, P. “Výklad Svätého Písma: hermeneutický model založený na teórii štyroch kultúr.” In Studia Biblica Slovaca 2005, 17-38. Svit: Katolícke Biblické Dielo, 2005. (New Hermeneutic Model Based on the Theory of the Four Cultures of the West)
• Dubovský, P., and M. Sova. “Návrh transliterácie a prepisu hebrejských spoluhlások a samohlások do slovenčiny.” In Studia Biblica Slovaca 2005, 73-76. Svit: Katolícke Biblické Dielo, 2005. (Transliteration of Hebrew into Slovak Language)
• Dubovský, P. “A Sociological Reading of Slavery Legislation in the Covenant Code and Other Biblical and Extra-Biblical Documents.” Studia Aloisiana (2004): 59-75.
• Dubovský, P. “Cosmology in 1 Henoch.” Archív Orientální 68 (2000): 205-218.
• Dubovský, P. “Roveto Ardente.” Studia Aloisiana (1999): 45-62.

Book reviews:

• Garbini, G. Scrivere la storia d’Israele: Vicende e memorie ebraiche (Biblioteca di storia e storiografia dei tempi biblici 15; Brescia: Paideia, 2008) in CBQ 72 (2010): 109-110.
• Abate, E. La fine del regno di Sedecia (Textos y studios «Cardenal Cisneros» de la Biblia Políglota Matritense 76; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Madrid 2008) in Estudios Bíblicos  67 (2009): 511-13.

Talks and lectures:

• November 11^th-23^rd, 2010, Did Shalmaneser Conquer Samaria. SBL in Atlanta.
• October 8^th-9^th, 2010, Rhetorical and Historico-Critical Analysis of Mark. New Testament Seminar in Nitra, Slovakia.
• September 10^th-11^th, 2010, Divine Anger in the Book of Exodus. Conference on Exodus ­– Modern Interpretation of an Ancient Book in Badin, Slovakia.
• July 31^st-August 2^nd, 2010, Samaritan Lions. CBA Meeting in Los Angeles.
• July 26^th-30^th, 2010, Angry Gods Intervene into Human History. 56^th RAI in Barcelona.
• February 12^th-14^th, 2010, Legal Texts of Ex 21-24. Exodus Seminar in Badin, Slovakia.
• January 14^th-15^th, 2010, Mark 14: Literary Analysis. New Testament Seminar in Badin, Slovakia.
• December 14^th-17^th 2009, The Last Days of Elam: Analysis of ABL 280. Susa and Elam: Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives in Gent, Belgium.
• October 9^th, 2009, Aktualizovanie Dekalógu v starovekom  Izraeli (Actualization of the Decalogue in the Ancient Israel), Third Congress on Legislative text of the Bible in Nitra, Slovakia.
• August 1-4^th, 2009, Causes of the Downfall of Samaria; CBA Meeting in Omaha, USA.
• June 30^th-July 4^th, 2009, Before the Fall; SBL International Meeting in Rome
• September 24^th-26^th, 2008, Exegesis of Ex 19; Exodus Seminar in Badin (Slovak Reublic).
• July 20^th-25^th, 2008, The Direct Control of the King: The Role of qiāpu Officials in Neo-Assyrian administration; 54^th RAI in Würtzburg.
• May 13^th, 2008, Trends in Modern Exegesis, International Symposium on Theology and Bible in Olomouc (Czech Republic).
• December 21^st, 2007, Assyrian Spies in Iraq; Faculty Seminar Organized by the Department of Classical Archaeology at TF TU, Trnava.
• November 16^th-19^th, 2007, Cult Area in Korocu Kale: The Results of Archaeological Survey in Eastern Turkey in 2004; Cult and Sanctuary in Antiquity: International Archaeological Congress in Časta, Slovakia, organized by Universities and Institutes of Classical Archaeology Trnava-Konya-Bursa and Slovak Archaeological Society.
• November 12^th-14^th, 2007, The Books of Kings in the Light of the Cuneiform Documents; A Series of Lectures at Four Universities in Slovakia organized by the Slovak Ministry of Education.
• November 24^th, 2006, Structure of Patriarchal Family in the Old Testament and and its Influence on marriage; 2^nd Conference on Family in the Contemporary World in Bratislava.
• September 14^th, 2006, The siege of Jerusalem from the Assyrian Point of View; Meeting of Studia Biblica Slovaca in Badín.
• July 17^th-21^st, 2006, The Role of Intelligence Services in Planning Campaigns: A Case-Study of the Urarto-Cimmerian War and Sargon’s 8^th Campaign; 52e Rencontre Assyrologique Internationale in Münster.
• November 26^th, 2005, Protoevangelium and its Mariological Interpretation; International Conference Organized by the Center of Spirituality East-West of Michal Lacko in Košice.
• November 20^th, 2005, Arms and Warfare Techniques in the Neo-Assyrian Period; International Symposium Arms and Armour Through the Ages (form the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity) organized by Universities and Institutes of Classical Archaeology Trnava-Konya-Bursa and Slovak Archaeological Society.
• October 14^th, 2005, Equality in theory inequality in praxis: biblical view of man and woman; International Colloquium Man and Woman from a personalistic point of view organized the Philosophical faculty of Trnava University.
• April 28^th, 2005, Mechanics of Neo-Assyrian Empire: Reconstruction of the Neo-Assyrian Services during the 8^th and 7^th century B.C.E.; faculty seminar at Trnava University.
• April 25^th, 2005, Melchizedech in the context of Gn 14 and Later Interpretations; International Conference Bible and Cult organized by KBD and GBF Prešov.
• December 13^th, 2004, Post-modern Values in the Context of the Book of Qohelet; faculty seminar at the Catholic University of Slovakia in Ružomberok.