Marcin Kowalski, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Biblical Studies, the Faculty of Theology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.

Email: E-mail: marcin.kowalski@kul.pl

ORCID: 0000-0002-8732-6868

CV and list of publications

 

Education:

1996-2002: Philosophical and theological studies at the Priest Seminary of Kielce

2002: MA in biblical theology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Thesis: Pilgrimage to God Present in the Temple. An Exegetical-Theological Study of Ps 84

2002: Ordained priest for the Diocese of Kielce

2003-2011: Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome

2004/2005: Archeology and biblical languages program at Rothberg International School, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem

2007: SSL, PIB Rome. Thesis: ‘We shall all be changed’ (1 Cor 15:51): Transformation of the Living at the Parousia of Christ: An Exegetico-Rhetorical Study of 1 Cor 15:50-57 (Fr. J.-N. Aletti, SJ).

2011: SSD, PIB Rome. Dissertation: Transforming Boasting of Self into Boasting in the Lord: The Development of the Pauline Periautologia in 2 Cor 10-13 in Light of the Programmatic Introduction of 2 Cor 10 (Fr. J.-N. Aletti, SJ).

2019: Habilitation at the Faculty of Theology, the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, “Justification, the Gift of New Life and the Spirit. The Greco-Roman and Jewish Nature of Paul’s Argumentation in the Socio-Rhetorical Reading of Romans 1–8.”

2021: assistant professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

 

Employment and work projects

2002: ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kielce

2002-2003: parish vicar in the Chmielnik parish, Poland

2011 - employed at the Institute of Biblical Studies, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin as an assistant at the Chair of Biblical Theology and Prophoristics

2011 - employed as a lecturer in Sacred Scripture at the Major Seminary of Kielce

2011 – 2012 employed as a lecturer in Sacred Scripture at the Metropolitan Seminary of Lublin

2011 – 2016 – managing editor of the biblical journal The Biblical Annals

2011 – teacher, host and author of programs on TV Trwam and Radio Maria

2012 - employed as an adjunct at the Institute of Biblical Studies, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Chair of Biblical Theology and Prophoristics

2012 – 2018 – secretary of the Polish Biblical Association and managing editor of the Scientific Proceedings of the Polish Biblical Association

2012 – pastoral supervisor of the Biblical Work in the Diocese of Kielce

2016 – editor-in-chief of the biblical magazine The Biblical Annals

2016 – visiting professor at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome

2016 – member of the scientific editorial board of the Millennium Bible (6th edition) and organizer of translation workshops in Rome together with the Pontifical Urbaniana University

2017 – lecturer at the seminar on Paul's letters at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome

2019 - lecturer in Sacred Scripture at Saint Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, MI

2020 – appointed a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

2020 – lecturer in Pauline letters at Dabar Archaeological-Biblical School, Corinth, Greece

2021 - lecturer in Sacred Scripture at Saint Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, MI

2021 – appointed assistant professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2021 – lecturer in Pauline letters at Dabar Archaeological-Biblical School, Corinth, Greece

2022 – lecturer at the seminar on Paul's letters at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome

2022 – lecturer in Pauline letters at Dabar Archaeological-Biblical School, Macedonia, Greece

2023 – Director of the Abraham J. Heschel Center for the Catholic-Jewish Relations at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

 

 

Current position:

assistant professor at the Chair of Biblical Theology and Prophoristics, Institute of Biblical Studies, the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

 

Academic Awards:

2014: 2nd degree award of the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin for undertaking activities popularizing science and the university

2015: 3rd degree award of the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin for an outstanding doctoral dissertation.

2020: Phoenix 2020 award in the category of spirituality for the book Tomorrow Is Sunday. Year A.

2020: 2nd degree award of the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin for original and creative scientific achievements

 

Academic interests:

  • letters of Saint Paul,
  • ancient rhetoric,
  • oral tradition,
  • socio-rhetorical criticism,
  • apocalyptic
  • empire criticism
  • anthropology of culture,
  • narratology,
  • historical Jesus
  • Bible in culture

 

Scientific projects and research fields:

Pauline pneumatology, the Stoic and the Jewish idea of the Spirit

Socio-rhetorical reading of Pauline letters

Marriage and celibacy in 1 Corinthians 7 – socio-rhetorical perspective

Apocalyptic and empire criticism in Pauline letters

The Corinthian correspondence and the Letter to the Romans

Orality and literacy in Pauline letters

Millenium Bible Revision Project

 

Professional Appointments and Functions:

Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (exegesis of Pauline letters)

Assistant Professor at the Priest Seminary of Kielce (Old Testament and Pauline letters)

Assistant Professor at St. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, MI (Old Testament)

Visiting Professor at Pontificia Università Urbaniana, Rome, Italy

Vice Editor-in-Chief and the New Testament Editor of The Biblical Annals

NT Editor in Kieleckie Studia Teologiczne

Member of the Editorial Board of Analecta Biblica Lublinensia

Member of the Editorial Board of Studia Biblica Lublinensia

Member of the Editorial Board of Polish Millennium Bible Revision Project

Secretary of ZN SBP (The Fascicles of the Association of Polish Biblical Scholars) (2013-2018)

Secretary of the Association of Polish Biblical Scholars (2013-2018)

 

Reviewer:

Biblica; Religions; Urbaniana University Journal; Verbum Vitae; Kielce Theological Studies; Collectanea Theologica; Wroclaw Theological Review.

 

 

Membership in international and national scholarly organizations and associations

  • The Pontifical Biblical Comission (2020 – present)
  • Associazione ex-alunni del Pontificio Istitutu Biblico in Rome
  • Association of the Polish Biblical Scholars (since 2011, secretary since 2012)
  • Polish Theological Association in Kraków (since 2012)
  • Society of Biblical Literature (2018)
  • European Association of Biblical Studies (2018)
  • Catholic Biblical Association of America (2023)

Publications

http://kul.academia.edu/MarcinKowalski

 

Books authored:

Transforming Boasting of Self into Boasting in the Lord. The Development of the Pauline Periautologia in 2 Cor 10–13 (Lanham, MD: UPA 2013)

2 Corinthians (Biblia Impulsy. Nowy Testament VIII; Katowice: Księgarnia św. Jacka 2018) (Polish)

A Scary Book (co-author A. Szustak) (Kraków: Stacja7 2018) (Polish)

Tomorrow Is Sunday. Year A (co-author P. Śliwiński) (Kraków: Stacja7 2019)  (Polish)

Tomorrow Is Sunday. Year B (co-author P. Śliwiński) (Kraków: Stacja7 2020)  (Polish)

Tomorrow Is Sunday. Year C (co-author P. Śliwiński) (Kraków: Stacja7 2021)  (Polish)

Apostle Paul on Homosexual Relations (WAM: Kraków 2022) (Polish)

The Spirit in Romans 8. Paul, the Stoics and Jewish Authors in Dialog (2023) (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht).

 

Books edited:

From the Faith of Abraham to the Faith of the Church (ABL XI; Lublin 2014) (Polish)

Who are you looking for? (John 20:15). Festschrift for Father Professor Henryk Witczyk on the 65th Anniversary of His Birthday (co-editor W. Chrostowski) (Ad multos annos; Association of Polish Biblical Scholars; Warsaw 2021) (Polish)

  1. T. Montague, First Corinthians (scientific editor of the Polish translation M. Kowalski) (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scriptures; Cracow: W drodze 2021) (Polish)

T.D. Stegman, Second Corinthians (scientific editor of the Polish translation M. Kowalski) (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scriptures; Cracow: W drodze 2021) (Polish)

P.S. Williamson, Ephesians, (scientific editor of the Polish translation M. Kowalski) (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scriptures; Cracow: W drodze 2022)

  1. Hamm, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon (scientific editor of the Polish translation M. Kowalski) (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scriptures; Cracow: W drodze 2022).

Biblical Anthropology. A Message for Contemporary People (Seria Myśli Teologicznej 111; Kraków: WAM 2023).

 

 

Articles:

  1. “Transformation Necessary to Inherit the Kingdom of God. Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Cor 15:50-57”, The Kingdom of God. Gift and Hope (ed. K. Mielcarek) (ABL III; Lublin 2009) 109-131.
  2. “Corruptible, Incorruptible and the Kingdom of God. Semantic Background of the Idea of Transformation in 1 Cor 15:50-53”, The Kingdom of God. Gift and Hope (ed. K. Mielcarek) (ABL III; Lublin 2009) 133-153.
  3. “ ‘Slave of Christ, God’s Cultic Minister, Debtor of Greeks and Barbarians’. Pauline Apostolic Credentials in Rom 1:1-17”, Zeszyty Naukowe KUL 53/2 (2010) 3-23.
  4. “In Defense of the Community Endangered by Pagan Influence. Paul and the False Apostles in 2 Cor 10 – 13”, In the Service of the Communio (ed. J. Rzymski – T. Syczewski) (Drohiczyn 2012) 31-58. (Polish)
  5. “Faith in Christ as the Only Way of Salvation. Rhetorical Analysis of Rom 1 – 4”, Kieleckie Studia Teologiczne 11 (2012) 91-112. (Polish)
  6. “The Role of God’s Word in the Process of Reconciliation between God and Man According to 2 Cor 5:16-21”, The Power of God's Word. The Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini in the Biblical and Theological Reflection (ed. B. Migut – A. Piwowar) (Lublin 2012) 79-100. (Polish)
  7. “The Servant of the Word and Corinth’s Boast. Literary-Rhetorical Analysis of Paul’s Argumentation in 2 Cor 1–7”, The Biblical Annals 3/2 (2013) 309-338. (Polish)
  8. “The Kerygma of Jesus and the Kerygma of Paul”, I Believe in the Son of God (Poznań 2013) 191-201. (Polish)
  9. “Job Calls the Risen Lord. The View of the Salvation Drama in ‘Messiah’ by G.F. Haendel”, The Bible as the Cultural Code of Europe (ABL IX; Lublin 2013) 17-38. (Polish)
  10. “So that in Him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Cor 5:21b). The Outline of Paul's Teaching on Justification and Its Ecclesiological Implications”, Church, Communion and Dialog (ed. Kantyka – J. Czerkawski – T. Siemieniec) (Kielce 2014) 133-146. (Polish)
  11. “Chi è quest’uomo che osa anche rimettere i peccati?”… (Lc 7,49). La trama ed il clou del racconto lucano sulla donna peccatrice (Lc 7,36-50), The Biblical Annals 4/1 (2014) 97-120.
  12. “Freedom in the Grip of Sin and Grace: Deuteronomist, Ben Sira and Paul on the Phenomenon of Free Will”, Kieleckie Studia Teologiczne 13 (2014) 69-87. (Polish)
  13. “How to Transform Self-Praise into the Praise of the Lord? The Strategies and Dynamics of the Pauline Periautologia in 2 Cor 10-13”, Zeszyty Naukowe SBP 11 (2014) 333-354. (Polish)
  14. “Windisch, Hans”, EK XX (ed. Gigilewicz) (Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL, 2014) 667. (Polish)
  15. “Entrance to Jerusalem”, EK XX (ed. E. Gigilewicz) (Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL, 2014) 741. (Polish)
  16. “Zaccheus”, EK XX (ed. E. Gigilewicz) (Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL, 2014) 1162. (Polish)
  17. „Introduction”, From the Faith of Abraham to the Faith of the Church (Analecta Biblica Lublinensia XI; Lublin Wydawnictwo KUL 2014) 5-7. (Polish)
  18. “The Problem of God’s Justice in the Letter to the Romans”, Verbum Vitae 26 (2014) 95-126. (Polish)
  19. “Un fariseo triste, una peccatrice innamorata e Gesù dal potere divino. La costruzione dei personaggi in Lc 7,36-50”, The Biblical Annals 5/1 (2015) 137-158.
  20. “God Established Christ the New Place of Atonement. Paul’s Vision of Justification in Rom 3:25-26”, Preaching Forgiveness of Sins in the Name of Jesus (Luke 24:47) (ed. K. Mielcarek) (ABL XII; Lublin 2015) 163-190. (Polish)
  21. “’Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up’ (1 Cor 8,1b). Paul’s Rule of Community Life According to 1 Cor 8,1 – 11,1”, Collectanea Theologica 85 (2015) 31-67. (Polish)
  22. “The Vatican Council and Saint Paul on the Marriage Partnership. The Biblical Roots of the Sacrament of Marriage in 1 Cor 7”, Kieleckie Studia Teologiczne 14 (2015) 65-82. (Polish)
  23. “Paradoxes of the Apostle’s Life and All-Embracing Joy (2 Cor 6:3-10)”, The Joy of the Gospel (ed. A. Zawadzki) (ABL XIII; Lublin 2015) 51-65. (Polish)
  24. “Rhetorical and Socio-Rhetorical Reading of New Testament Texts. Part I: Rhetoric and the New Approach to Oral Tradition”, The Biblical Annals 6/4 (2016) 611-654. (Polish)
  25. “God Has Called Us to Peace (1 Cor 7,15). Socio-Rhetorical Reading of the “Pauline Privilege” in 1 Cor 7,12-16”, Verbum Vitae 30 (2016) 121-152. (Polish)
  26. “New Wine in Old Wineskins? Socio-Rhetorical Analysis of Eph 5:21-33”, Who can find a virtuous woman?' (Prov 31:10). The Role of Women in Salvation History (ed. A. Kubiś) (Lublin 2016) 393-418. (Polish)
  27. „Freedom”, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (ed. H. Witczyk) (Kielce: Jedność 2017) 959-961. (Polish)
  28. „Sign”, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (ed. H. Witczyk) (Kielce: Jedność 2017) 1004-1005. (Polish)
  29. “Rhetorical and Socio-Rhetorical Reading of New Testament Texts. Part II: Socio-Rhetoric. The Project of the Holistic Reading of Text”, The Biblical Annals 7/1 (2017) 107-147. (Polish)
  30. “New Life Like a Mustard Seed. The Coherence of Paul’s Rhetorical Argumentation in Rom 5–8”, The Biblical Annals 7/4 (2017) 459-485. (Polish)
  31. “'It pleased God to reveal his Son in me' (Gal 1: 15-16). Origins and Inspired Character of the Gospel of Paul”, Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures (ed. M. Wróbel - S. Szymik - K. Napora) (ABL XV; Lublin: KUL Publishing House 2017) 151-172. (Polish)
  32. “God the Benefactor and His Human Clients in Rom. 5–8”, The Biblical Annals 8/1 (2018) 47-69.
  33. “The Stoic Pneuma and the Pauline Concept of Spirit in Rom 8. Part 1: The Argumentation of Rom 8 and the Survey of Research on the Stoic Pneuma in Paul,” The Biblical Annals 8/3 (2018) 421-456. (Polish)
  34. “The Stoic Pneuma and the Pauline Concept of Spirit in Rom 8. Part 2: Paul and the Stoics on the Spirit – Similarities and Differences,” The Biblical Annals 8/4 (2018) 491-544. (Polish)
  35. „The Apocalyptic Wrath of God and Its Place in the Gospel of Paul (Rom 1:18-32)”, Verbum Vitae 33 (2018) 203-249. (Polish)
  36. „The Brokerage of the Spirit in Rom 8”, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 80/4 (2018) 636-654.
  37. “Rhetoric in the Service of the Gospel in “Inesperto nell’arte di parlare” (2 Cor 11,6) by A. M. Gieniusz, CR. The Biblical Annals, 9/1 (2019) 191-212.
  38. “How Oral Was Ancient Literature? The Case of Paul's Letters”, Hopes of the Falling World. Hope in Christian Latin Epistolography of the 4th and 5th centuries (Ambrose, Augustin, Jerome, Paulinus of Nola), (ed. M. Wysocki, J. Pałucki, M. Pyzik-Turska) (Lublin: KUL 2019) 61-85.
  39. “Between the Gift of God and the Social Construct. Early Christian Understanding of Sexuality in 1 Cor 11:2-16”, Biblica et patristica thorunensia 13/1 (2020) 59-104. (Polish)
  40. “The Cognitive Spirit and the Novelty of Paul’s Thought in Rom 8,5-6”, Biblica 101/1 (2020) 47-68.
  41. “Separation - Yes, Divorce - No. Challenges and Implications of the Methodological Development of Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology”, Methodological Renewal of the Dogmatic Theology (Cracow: WAM) 537-570. (Polish)
  42. “Meditatio of Lectio Divina Following upon Exegesis-Informed Lectio: The Test Case of Romans 7:7–25” w: Piercing the Clouds. Lectio Divina and Preparation for Ministry (ed. K. Zilverberg – S. Carl) (Saint Paul, MN: Saint Paul Seminary Press 2021) 82-97.
  43. “The Rejection of the Creator’s Laws and Homosexual Relations in Rom 1:26-27”, Verbum Vitae 39/1 (2021) 255-280. (Polish)
  44. “Honor and Shame, Natural Law and the Scriptures. The Foundations of Paul’s Argumentation on Male and Female Homosexual Relationships in Rom 1:26-27”, Verbum Vitae 39/1 (2021) 223-254. (Polish)
  45. “Lists of Vices, the Decalogue and Homosexual Relationships in 1 Cor 6:9-10 and 1 Tim 1:8-10", Verbum Vitae 39/1 (2021) 281-306. (Polish)
  46. “Baptism - the Revelation of the Filial Relationship of Christ and the Christian”, The Biblical Annals 11/3 (2021) 459-495.
  47. “The Cognitive Spirit and the Development of Paul’s Thought in Rom 8:5-6”, Who are you looking for? (John 20:15). Festschrift for Father Professor Henryk Witczyk on the 65th Anniversary of His Birthday (eds. W. Chrostowski – M. Kowalski) (Ad multos annos; Association of Polish Biblical Scholars; Warsaw 2021) 258-281. (Polish)
  48. “Pauline Anthropology in Contemporary Research – Trends and Challenges", It is good to thank the Lord (Ps 92:2). Festschrift for Father Professor Waldemar Chrostowski on the 70th Anniversary of His Birthday (ed. J. Kręcidło - B. Strzałkowska) (Ad multos annos; Association of Polish Biblical Scholars; Warsaw 2021) 289-306. (Polish)
  49. “The Spirit of Resurrection in Romans 8 and Its Jewish Correspondences”, JSNT 44/2 (2021) 254-283.
  50. “Eucharist as the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11:17-34)”, Eucharistic Community (ed. A. Napiórkowski) (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UPJP II w Krakowie 2022) 35-62 (Polish).
  51. “Retorica, critica imperiale e apocalittica in 2 Corinzi 10–13”, Per una chiesa in costruzione. Le lettere di Paolo. Seminario per studiosi e docenti di Sacra Scrittura, Roma, 24 - 28 gennaio 2022 (Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico - Gregorian & Biblical Press 2022) 43-81.
  52. “Pauline Anthropology: Contemporary Currents and Challenges”, Urbaniana University Journal 75/1 (2022) 109-133.
  53. “Changing Gender Roles and the Unchanging Message of 1 Cor 11,2-17”, The Word of Truth, Sealed by the Sprit. Perspectives on the Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture (ed. M. Genung - K. Zilverberg) (Saint Paul, MN: Saint Paul Seminary Press 2022) 107-143 .
  54. “Divine and Human Spirit in Rom 8:16. Paul and Epictetus on Free Will”, The Biblical Annals 12/4 (2022) 513-543.
  55. “An Individual as a Dwelling Place of God’s Spirt in Philo and Paul (Rom 8:9-11)”, Biblica 103/3 (2022) 381-403.
  56. “Holy War in Corinth: The Apocalyptic Background of Paul’s Struggle against Opponents in 2 Cor 10:3–6”, Religions 2023, 14(5), 630. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14050630
  57. “The Lion Against the Eagle: A Critical Appraisal of the Anti-Imperial Reading of Paul”, Collectanea Theologica, 93/2 (2023) 57–103. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2023.93.2.03
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Book reviews:

  1. Giuseppe Pulcinelli, La morte di Gesù come espiazione. La concezione paolina (Studi sulla Bibbia e il suo ambiente 11). Cinsello Balsamo, Edizioni San Paolo 463 p. 14,5 x 21,5. € 32, Biblica (2008).
  2. Więcej szczęścia jest w dawaniu aniżeli w braniu. Księga pamiątkowa dla księdza profesora Waldemara Chrostowskiego w 60. rocznicę urodzin (ed. B. Strzałkowska) (Ad Multos Annos 15; Warszawa: Stowarzyszenie Biblistów Polskich, 2011), Collectanea Theologica 81/4 (2011) 177-182.
  3. Jean-Noël Aletti, God’s Justice in Romans: Keys for Interpreting the Epistle to the Romans (trans. from the French by Peggy Manning Meyer) (Subsidia Biblica 37; Rome: Gregorian & Biblical Press 2010) pp. 336; The Biblical Annals 2 (2012) 335-343.
  4. Jean-Noël Aletti, Essai sur l’ecclésiologie des lettres de saint Paul (Études Bibliques nouvelle série 60; Pendé: Gabalda et Cie, 2009). 218. €45. ISBN 2-85021-194-1, The Biblical Annals 3/1 (2013) 197-201.
  5. Armand Puig i Tàrrech, Jesus: An Uncommon Journey. Studies on the Historical Jesus (WUNT II/288; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010). Pp. xii + 310. € 74,00.ISBN 978 -3 -16 -150504 -1, The Biblical Annals 3/2 (2013) 481-487.
  6. Karl Olav Sandnes, The Gospel ‘According to Homer and Virgil’: Cento and Canon (Novum Testamentum Supplements 138; Leiden: Brill, 2011). Pp. xii + 280. € 106. ISBN 978-90-041-871-84, The Biblical Annals 3/2 (2013) 489-493.
  7. Annette Weissenrieder and Robert B. Coote, eds., The Interface of Orality and Writing. Speaking, Seeing, Writing in the Shaping of New Genres (WUNT I/260; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010). Pp. xiv + 438. € 129,00. ISBN 978 -3 -16 -150445 -7, The Biblical Annals 3/2 (2013) 511-515.
  8. Todd D. Still and David G. Horrell, eds., After the First Urban Christians. The Social-Scientific Study of Pauline Christia­nity Twenty-Five Years Later (New York: T&T Clark, 2009). Pp. xii + 175. Paper. $29,95. ISBN 056-7-21967-4, The Biblical Annals 4/1 (2014) 213-217.
  9. Jason Maston, Divine and Human Agency in Second Temple Ju­daism and Paul. A Comparative Study (WUNT II/297; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010) Pp. 218 + VIII. Sewn paper. € 54,00. ISBN 978-3-16-150570-6, The Biblical Annals 4/1 (2014) 219-225.
  10. Paul Sampley and Peter Lampe, eds., Paul and Rhetoric (T&T Clark Biblical Studies; New York: T&T Clark, 2010). Pp. xvii + 260. Hardcover. $130,00. ISBN 978-0-56-702704-7, The Biblical Annals 4/1 (2014) 227-231.
  11. Sang M. Lee, The Cosmic Drama of Salvation. A Study of Paul’s Undisputed Writings from Anthropological and Cosmological Perspectives (WUNT II/276; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010). Pp. 371 + XVII. Sewn paper. € 74,00. ISBN 978-3-16-150316-0, The Biblical Annals 4/1 (2014) 233-240.
  12. Michael F. Bird and Joel Willitts (eds.), Paul and the Gospels. Christologies, Conflicts and Convergences (The Library of New Testament Studies; New York: T&T Clark, 2011), The Biblical Annals 4/2 (2014) 467-471.
  13. David J. Rudolph, A Jew to the Jews. Jewish Contours of Pauline Flexibility in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (WUNT II/304; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011), The Biblical Annals 4/2 (2014) 461-465.
  14. Kathy Ehrensperger – Nathan MacDonald – Luzia Sutter Rehmann (eds.), Decisive Meals. Table Politics in Biblical Literature (Library of New Testament Studies 449; London – New York: T&T Clark, 2012), The Biblical Annals 5/1 (2015) 197-203.
  15. Larry W. Hurtado – Paul L. Owen (eds.), “Who Is This Son of Man?”. The Latest Scholarship on a Puzzling Expression of the Historical Jesus (Library of New Testament Studies 390; London – New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2012) The Biblical Annals 5/1 (2015) 205-209.
  16. Bas Van Os, Psychological Analyses and the Historical Jesus. New Ways to Explore Christian Origins (Library of New Testament Studies 432; London – New York: T&T Clark, 2012) The Biblical Annals 5/1 (2015) 227-234.
  17. James Constantine Hanges, Paul, Founder of Churches. A Study in Light of the Evidence for the Role of “Founder-Figures” in the Hellenistic-Roman Period (WUNT I/292; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012), The Biblical Annals 5/2 (2015) 435-442.
  18. Florian Wilk – J. Ross Wagner (ed.), Between Gospel and Election. Explorations in the Interpretation of Romans 9-11 (WUNT I/257; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2010), The Biblical Annals 5/2 (2015) 479-486.
  19. Jeffrey W. Aernie, Is Paul also among the Prophets? An Examination of the Relationship between Paul and the Old Testament Prophetic Tradition in 2 Corinthians (LNTS 467; London – New York: T&T Clark 2012), The Biblical Annals 7/3 (2017) 375-379.
  20. Lutz Doering, Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian Epistolography (WUNT I/298; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012), The Biblical Annals 7/4 (2017) 551-555.
  21. Mark T. Finney, Honour and Conflict in the Ancient World. 1 Corinthians in Its Greco-Roman Social Setting (LNTS 460; London – New York: T & T Clark 2012), The Biblical Annals 7/4 (2017) 557-561.
  22. Akiva Cohen, Matthew and the Mishnah. Redefining Identity and Ethos in the Shadow of the Second Temple’s Destruction (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. reihe 418; Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2016), Biblica 98/2 (2017) 310-314.
  23. Stanley E. Porter – Christopher D. Land, Paul and His Social Relations (Pauline Studies 7; Leiden – Boston: Brill 2013), BibAn 8/4 (2018) 639-644.
  24. Reimund Bieringer – Emmanuel Nathan – Didier Pollefeyt – Peter J. Tomson (eds.), Second Corinthians in the Perspective of Late Second Temple Judaism (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum 14; Leiden: Brill 2014), The Biblical Annals 9/3 639-644.
  25. Christoph Heilig, The Apostle and the Empire. Paul’s Implicit and Explicit Criticism of Rome (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans 2022), The Biblical Annals 13/2 (2023) 379–383. https://doi.org/10.31743/biban.15968

 

 

 

Reports:

  1. “Report from the symposium concluding the celebrations of the centenary from the foundation of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, 3-7th of May 2010”, The Biblical Annals 1 (2011) 221-224.
  2. “Academic Activity of the Institute of Biblical Studies CUL in the Year 2010/2011”, The Biblical Annals 2 (2012) 397-419.
  3. “The First Biblical Congress of the Biblical Work Association”, The Biblical Annals 2 (2012) 421-426.
  4. “Academic Activity of the Institute of Biblical Studies CUL in the Year 2011/2012”, The Biblical Annals 3/1 (2013) 227-242.
  5. “Doctorate Honoris Causa for H. E. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, September 27th 2012)”, The Biblical Annals 3/1 (2013) 243-245.
  6. “Report from the 8th International Biblical Conference ‘From the Faith of Abraham to the Faith of the Church’(The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 18–19 October 2012 )”, The Biblical Annals 3/1 (2013) 247-251.
  7. “Academic Activity of the Institute of Biblical Studies CUL in the Year 2012/2013”, The Biblical Annals4/1 (2014) 241-254.
  8. “Academic Activity of the Institute of Biblical Studies CUL in the Year 2013/2014”, The Biblical Annals 5/1 (2015) 247-261.

 

Conference Papers:

  1. 30-31.03.2011, “Logos katallagēs (2 Cor 5,1904.). The Word of Reconciliation and Its Ambassadors”, Spring Bible Days “The Power of God’s Word”, KUL, Lublin.
  2. 10. 2011, “In Defense of the Community Endangered by Pagan Influences. Paul and the False Apostles in 2 Cor 10 - 13”, Theological Conference “In the Service of the Communio”, WSD Drohiczyn.
  3. 10-30.10. 2011, “Job Calls the Risen Lord. The View of the Salvation Drama in ‘Messiah’ by G.F. Haendel”, Autumn International Bible Days, “The Bible as the European Cultural Code”, UKSW, Warsaw.
  4. 01. 2012, “The Biblical Character of the New Ewangelization. Verbum Domini, Porta Fidei, and lineamenta of the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops”, The Pastoral Council of the Diocese of Kielce.
  5. 2012, “The Biblical Work - A Proposal for the New Evangelization”, The Pastoral Council of the Diocese of Kielce.
  6. 03. 2012, “Knowledge Puffs Up, but Love Builds Up” (1 Cor 8,1b) Paul’s Rule of Community Life According to 1 Cor 8,1 – 11,1”. Spring Bible Days “The Church as a House Built Upon Love” (1 Cor 8:1)”, KUL, Lublin.
  7. 01. 2013, “The Kerygma of Jesus and the Kerygma of Paul”, The Pastoral Council of the Polish Bishops Conference, Warsaw.
  8. 17-19. 09. 2013, “How to Transform Self-Praise into the Praise of the Lord? The Strategies and Dynamics of the Pauline Periautologia in 2 Cor 10-13”, 51st Symposium of the Polish Biblical Scholars, UMK, Torun.
  9. 16-17. 10. 2013, "The Righteousness of God in the Economy of the Old and New Testament. The Forgiveness of Sins According to Rom 3:21-26", the IXth International Autumn Bible Days “Preaching Forgiveness of Sin in the Name of Jesus (Luke 24:47)”, KUL, Lublin
  10. 03. 2014, "'As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing' (2 Cor 6:10). Paradoxes of the Apostle’s Life and All-Embracing Joy", Spring Bible Days “The Joy of the Gospel”, KUL, Lublin.
  11. 20-21. 09. 2014, "Paul's Troubling Pronouncements on Marriage", the Scientific Conference of the Polish Homiletic Association, "Problems with Marriage in the Bible, That Is, the Good News on the Relationship between Man and Woman", Turno/Radom,.
  12. 22-23. 10. 2014, "'It Pleased God to Reveal His Son in Me' (Ga 1:15-16). The Origins and the Inspired Character of the Pauline Gospel" , the Xth International Autumn Bible Days “Inspiration of the Sacred Scripture”, KUL, Lublin,
  13. 2015, “New wine in old wineskins? Paul’s View on the Role of Woman in Marriage in Eph 5:21-33”, Spring Bible Days " 'Who can find a virtuous woman?' (Prov 31:10). The Role of Women in Salvation History", KUL, Lublin.
  14. 20-21. 10. 2015, So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills (Rom 9:18). The mystery of God's mercy in Rom 9-11, the XIth International Bible Days, “God Reveals Himself in His Word. The Truth of Sacred Scripture”, KUL, Lublin
  15. 11. 2015, “The Truth of Text, History and Faith. The Advantages of the Use of Rhetoric and Socio-Rhetoric in the Reading of Biblical Texts”, Polish Theological Association, Warsaw, PWT.
  16. 03. 2016, " ‘The creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God (Rom 8:19)’. New life like a mustard seed according to Rom 5 – 8”, Biblical Conference “New Life in Christ”, UKSW, Warsaw.
  17. 11. 2016, “How oral was ancient literature? The case of Paul's letters”, Experts Panel “Letters in the Antiquity”, KUL Lublin.
  18. 03.2017, “Is Wrath of God a Part of Good News? Rhetorical Analysis of Rom 1:18-32, Spring Bible Days, “Wrath of God in the Bible”, KUL, Lublin.
  19. 7-9.06.2017, Meditatio of Lectio Divina Following upon Exegesis-Informed Lectio: Test Case of Rom. 7:7-25”, “Exegesis, Lectio Divina, and the Ministry of the Word”, 2017 Quinn Conference, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, Minneapolis, US.
  20. 03.2018, “On the Spirit, who lives in us (Rom 8:9). What does St. Paul have in common with ancient philosophy and medicine?”, Spring Bible Days, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (Jn 20:22). Holy Spirit in the Church ", KUL, Lublin.
  21. 17-19.09.2018, “The Stoic pneuma and Paul’s concept of the Spirit in Romans 8", the 56th Symposium of Polish Biiblical Scholars, Łomża.
  22. 23-24.10. 2018, the main organizer of the 14th International Autumn Bible Days “Your dew is the dew of light, and the earth will give out the shadows of the dead” (Isaiah 26:19). Resurrection in the Bible and ancient Mediterranean culture”, KUL, Lublin.
  23. 03.2019, “Between the gift of God and the social construct. Early Christian understanding of sexuality in 1 Corinthians”, Spring Bible Days, “Male and female created them”, KUL, Lublin
  24. 05-06.03.2019, “The Spirit of Resurrection in Paul and Its Traces in the Greco-Roman and Jewish Traditions”, International Symposium "Eschatology in the Bible and Targumic Tradition", the Greek-Catholic Theological Faculty at the University of Prešov
  25. 01-05.07.2019, “The Cognitive Spirit and the Gift of New Life in Romans 8. The Novelty of Paul's Thought in Comparison to the Greco-Roman and Jewish Concepts of Pneuma”, SBL International Meeting, Rome.
  26. 01-02.03.2021, “The Anthropology of Paul of Tarsus”, International Theological Conference “The Church and the Person”, The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow.
  27. March 17, 2021, “Apostle Paul on Homosexual Relations”, Spring Bible Days “Homosexual Relations and the Creator’s Plan for a Man and a Woman”, KUL Lublin.
  28. April 23, 2021, "Christians and the Violence of the Empire. The Case of Pauline Churches", International Conference “Religious Freedom in the World. Report 2021”, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.
  29. 27-30.06. 2021, “Changing Gender Roles and the Unchanging Message of 1 Cor 11: 2–16", “Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture”, Quinn Conference, The Saint Paul Seminary, Minneapolis, US.
  30. 13-15.09. 2021, "The Lion Vs. the Eagle. Paul’s Anti-Imperial Rhetoric”, the General Assembly and the 58th Symposium of the Association of Polish Biblical Scholars, Radom.
  31. October 20-21, 2021, “Freedom and Determinism in Rom 8:16. Paul, Epictetus and Contemporary Science on Free Will”, International Online Conference “Biblical Anthropology - A Message for Contemporary People”, KUL Lublin.
  32. January 24-28, 2022, “La lettura apocalittica di 2 Cor 10 – 13”, Per una Chiesa in costruzione. Le lettere di Paolo”, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome
  33. February 28 – March 1, 2022, “Eucharist as the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11:17-34)”, Eucharistic Community, International Theological Conference, UPJP2, Krakow
  34. March 16, 2022, “The Church as the Spirit’s Dwelling in the Corinthian Correspondence”, Spring Bible Days, KUL Lublin
  35. April 19-23, 2022, „Man as Imago Dei and a Dwelling Place of God’s Spirit in Philo and Paul”, “12th Comenius Conference: Imago Dei”, The Reformed Theological Seminary of Pápa, Hungary
  36. June 4-8, 2022, “At the Jordan Christ Deposited for Us the Robe of Glory. Unnecessary Hiatus between Literary and Theological Interpretation of the Baptism of Jesus”, “Quinn Conference, The Transcendent Mystery of God’s Word: A Critical Synthesis of Antioch and Alexandria”, The Saint Paul Seminary in Saint Paul, MN
  37. September 21-24, 2022, “The Deeds of the Body and the Role of the Spirit in Rom 8:13”, “Romans 8 through the Lens(es) of Pauline Research Past and Present”, Universität Wien
  38. 23-24.11.2022, “The Apocalyptic Image of Paul’s Opponents in 2 Cor 10 – 13”, “From the Book of Enoch to the Fourth Sybil. Symposium Commemorating the Life and Work of Prof. Ryszard Rubinkiewicz, SDB (1939–2011)”, KUL Lublin
  39. 07-13.07.2023, ‘Holy War’ in Corinth. The Apocalyptic Background of Paul’s Struggle with Opponents in 2 Cor 10:3-6, European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Conference, Syracuse, Italy
  40. 10-27.10.2023, “The Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin: New Perspectives on the Development of Christian-Jewish Dialogue”, The International Congress of Theologians of the Three Seas Countries, KUL, Lublin

 

Undergraduate Courses:

The Prophetic Books (OT)

The Pentateuch and Historical Books (OT)

The Wisdom Literature (OT)

The Letters of Saint Paul (NT)

The Holy Bible and Its Role in Culture

Women, Marriage, and Celibacy in Corinth: Socio-Rhetorical Reading of 1 Cor 7

 

Graduate Courses:

The Art of Greco-Roman Rhetoric and Its Use in the Reading of Pauline Letters

Exegesis of Pauline Letters

 

MD and PhD Dissertations:

The supervisor of five MA theses and four PhD dissertations

 

Media Projects:

TV Bible University (TV Trwam) (2012- present)

TV series “In the Tent of Word” and “The Word of Life” (TV Trwam) (2011 – present)

TV series “The Sowers of the Word” (TVP Kielce) (2014 – present)

Radio programs “Unfinished Talks” and “Looking for the Word of God” (Radio Mary) (2011 – present)

 

Academic Achievements