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COURSES OF THE BIBLICAL FACULTY [2022-2023]
(according to section of the curriculum ad Licentiam)

The language of instruction of the course is the same as that of the title.
Courses meet for two hours per week (hrs/wk), unless noted otherwise.
I sem.: = First semester (October to mid-February)
II sem.: = Second semester (mid-February to June)

PHILOLOGICAL SECTION

Introductory courses[1 semester course = 15 ECTS]

  • GP1107 Greco I-II (5 h. sett. – I sem.): Prof. Luca PEDROLI
  • GP2109 Greek I-II (5 h. sett. – I sem.): Prof. Clifard Sunil RANJAR
  • GP1207 Greco III-IV (5 h. sett. – II sem.): Prof. Luca PEDROLI
  • GP2209 Greek III-IV (5 h. sett. – II sem.): Prof. Clifard Sunil RANJAR
  • HP1110 Ebraico I-II (5 h. sett. – I sem.): Prof. Luigi SANTOPAOLO
  • HP2113 Hebrew I-II (5 h. sett. – I sem.): Prof. Luigi SANTOPAOLO
  • HP1210 Ebraico III-IV (5 h. sett. – II sem.): Prof. Luigi SANTOPAOLO
  • HP2213 Hebrew III-IV (5 h. sett. – II sem.): Prof. Luigi SANTOPAOLO

Advanced courses [each course = 5 ECTS]

  • GA1107 Greco del NT, A (3 h. sett. – I sem.): Prof. Dean BÉCHARD
  • GA2105 NT Greek, A (3 h. sett. – I sem.): Prof. Dean BÉCHARD
  • JERGA9 New Testament Greek, A (I sem. – in Gerusalemme) Jaroslav MUDRON
  • GB1210 Greco del NT, B (II sem.): Prof. Dean BÉCHARD
  • GB2205 NT Greek, B (II sem.): Prof. Dean BÉCHARD
  • HA1110 Lingua ebraico biblica, A (3 h. sett. – I sem.) Paola MOLLO
  • HA2111 Biblical Hebrew, A (3 h. sett. – I sem.): Prof. Paola MOLLO
  • HB1210 Lingua ebraico biblica, B (II sem.): Prof. Paola MOLLO
  • HB2211 Biblical Hebrew, B (II sem.): Prof. Paola MOLLO
  • HC1102 Ebraico biblico, C (II sem.): Prof. Agustinus GIANTO
  • HC2206 History of the Hebrew Language Hebrew, C (II sem.): Prof. Steven FASSBERG
  • AB1107 Aramaico biblico (I sem.): Prof. Luigi SANTOPAOLO
  • AB2208 Biblical Aramaic (II sem.): Prof. Anthony SOO HOO
  • OX1104 Greco della LXX, A (I sem.): Prof. Anthony FORTE
  • OX2204 Greco della LXX, B (II sem.): Prof. Anthony FORTE
  • OX3101 Greco della LXX, C (I sem.): Prof. Anthony FORTE
  • DS2103 Filologia greca, A (II sem.): Prof. Enrico CERRONI
  • DS2204 Filologia greca, B (II sem.): Prof. Michele NAPOLITANO

[ For other language courses, see.Oriental Faculty]

ISAGOGICAL AND HISTORICAL-GEOGRAPHICAL SECTION [each course = 3 ECTS]

Archaeology and Geography

  • PA1207 Archeologia e geografia del Vicino Oriente Antico (II sem.:): (Prof.: Ida OGGIANO
  • PA-TS2 Archaeology and Geography in the Holy Land [September 2-29, 2023 - at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem - in Italian]: Prof.: Josef Mario BRIFFA

Textual Criticism

  • CT1103 Critica testuale dell’AT e del NT (I sem.): (Prof.: Leonardo PESSOA
  • CT1204 Textual Criticism of the OT and NT (II sem.): (Prof.: Leonardo PESSOA

Hermeneutics

  • MI1109 Questioni peculiari di ermeneutica: AT e NT(I sem.): Prof. Massimo GRILLI
  • MI2211 Biblical Hermeneutics and Exegesis(II sem.): Prof. Paul BÉRÉ

History of the Old Testament

  • RV1136 Storia dell’antico Israele (XIII– V s. a.C.) (II sem.): Prof. Peter DUBOVSKÝ – Agustinus GIANTO
  • RV1235 Sullo sfondo dell’AT: Storia, Religione, Cultura Ittita (II sem.): Prof. Rita FRANCIA
  • JERRV1 The Southern Levant (13th to 5thc. B.C.) (I sem. – in Gerusalemme): Prof. Josef Mario BRIFFA

History of the New Testament

  • RN1120 Storia della Giudea al tempo di Gesù (I sem.): Prof. Joseph SIEVERS
  • RN2227 Jerusalem During the Roman Period (II sem.): Prof. Steve MASON
  • JERRN7 The First Century Context of the NT (I sem. – in Gerusalemme): Prof. Josef Mario BRIFFA

EXEGETICAL-THEOLOGICAL SECTION [each course = 5 ECTS]

I semester

  • IV5107 Introduzione alla letteratura sapienziale (Prof. Michael F. KOLARCIK)
  • EV2132 La storia di un ritorno: il ciclo di Giacobbe (Prof. Federico GIUNTOLI)
  • EV3146 Yhwh e le tribù d’Israele: esegesi di Gdc 17–21 (Prof. Paul BÉRÉ)
  • EV4154 Isaiah 56-66 (Prof. Dominic S. IRUDAYARAJ)
  • EV4155 Sacerdozio, culto e torah: il libro di Malachia (Prof. Benedetta ROSSI)
  • EV5149 I testi conclusivi del Salterio ebraico (Prof. Daniela SCIALABBA)
  • EV3147 The Testament of Tobit (Tobit 14) (Prof. Joseph RIORDAN)
  • IN2105 Introduzione ai vangeli sinottici Marc RASTOIN)
  • EN2164 Matthew’s Gospel in First Century Judaism (Prof. Jens SCHRÖTER)
  • EN2165 The Birth of the Prophet (Luke 1–2) : Prof. Sunil Clifard RANJAR
  • EN3140 John 18–19: Passion and Death of Jesus: Prof. Michel Segatagara KAMAMZI
  • EN4120 Paolo e le città negli Atti degli apostoli (Prof. Paolo COSTA)
  • EN5142 1 Tessalonicesi: tra mimesi e apantesi (Prof. Antonio PITTA)
  • EN8128 La configurazione dell’Agnello nell’Apocalisse (Ap 21): Prof. Luca Pedroli
  • DS2103 Filologia greca, A (Prof. Enrico CERRONI)

II semester

  • IV1214 Introduction to Exegetical Methods (Prof. Dominik MARKL)
  • EV2243 Il diluvio e l’arcobaleno (Gn 6–9): Prof. Federico Giuntoli
  • EV4250 Micah: The Prophet and the Book (Prof. Prof. Dominic S. IRUDAYARAJ)
  • EV4249 Nel tempo della fine: Ger 14–15: Prof. Benedetta Rossi
  • EV5250 Prov 22-24; 30-31 and Mesopotamian (Prof. Mark Anthony AVILA )
  • EV5241 Donna Sapienza nel Siracide. Studio di brani scelti (Prof. Nuria CALDUCH-BENAGES)
  • TV3203 Religious Reforms in 1-2 Kgs (Prof. Peter DUBOVSKÝ)
  • IN9210 Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls (Prof. Joseph SIEVERS)
  • EN2261 La Fede in Matteo (Prof. Henry PATTARUMADATHIL)
  • EN2235 The Passion and Death of Jesus (Lk 22–23): Prof. Dean BÉCHARD
  • EN3245 Lo Spirito Santo nel Quarto Vangelo (Prof. Segatagara Michel KAMANZI)
  • EN5226 Efesini 1–3: Prof. Juan Manuel GRANADOS ROJAS
  • EN5243 Galatians: Life in the New Creation (Prof. Ronald D. WITHERUP)
  • TN2218 Le parabole nei Padri: l’attesa escatologica: (Prof. José Luis NARVAJA)
  • DS2204 Filologia greca, B (Prof. Michele NAPOLITANO)

From other Pontifical Academic Institutions in Rome

According to an agreement with some Pontifical Institutes of Rome (Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology / Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies) students can follow some courses of their academic program, recognized by the Dean as valid for the spcialistic section of the curriculum ad Licentiam.

Interested students must submit their request to the Dean for approval.

SEMINARS (*)

  • SM0102/SM0202 Proseminario di metodologia (I e II sem.): Prof.: Stanisław BAZYLIŃSKI [1 ECTS]

I semester

  • SV1133 Il metodo storico-critico (Prof. Peter DUBOVSKÝ)
  • SV2115 Metodologie per lo studio esegetico del Pentateuco (Prof. Federico GIUNTOLI)
  • SV4142 Isaiah and Ecology (Prof. Sundararaj Dominic IRUDAYARAJ)
  • SV5140 Il Salterio dei LXX. Testi e Contesti (Prof. Daniela SCIALABBA)
  • SN1127 Approccio narrativo ai Vangeli e agli Atti degli Apostoli (Prof. Michel Segatagara KAMANZI)
  • SN1128 Jesus in first-century Galilee (Prof. Joseph SIEVERS - Jens SCHRÖTER)
  • SN2143 The Healing Stories in the Gospel of Mark (Prof. Henry PATTARUMADATHIL)
  • SA1109 Introduction to the History and Cultures of Ancient Egypt (Prof. Anthony SOO HOO)

II semester

  • SN4237 Metodologia per lo studio dei libri profetici (Prof. Benedetta ROSSI)
  • SV4243 Theological Exegesis: Isaiah (Prof. Joseph RIORDAN)
  • SV5240 Il concetto di «separazione» (Bibbiaebraica e LXX) (Prof. Daniela SCIALABBA)
  • SN2244 Critica testuale del Vangelo di Marco (Prof. Leonardo PESSOA)
  • SN2245 Discipleship and Possessions in the Gospel of Luke (Prof. Clifard Sunil RANJAR)
  • SN4217 Metodologie esegetiche per lo studio degli Atti degli Apostoli (Prof. Paolo COSTA)
  • SN5223 Metodo dell'esegesi Paolina: Prof. Juan Manuel GRANADOS ROJAS
  • SV1235 Semantica dell'ebraico biblico: Prof. Paola MOLLO
  • SA0229 Conceptions of Divinity in the ANE and the Hebrew Bible: Prof Anthony SOO HOO
  • DS2209 How the Bible Reached Us: Prof Gary A. RENDSBURG

(*) Each seminar has 5 ECTS. The seminar paper has 10 ECTS