- Salesian priest (SDB),
- Theologian,
- Professor of the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)
- Born 6 March 1939 in Kielce
- Member of the Salesian Congregation
- 1956: High-School (C. Norwid) certificate in Kielce
- 1956: joined the Salesian Congregation in Kopiec
- 1957-59: Pedagogical Practice in Kopiec and Cieszków near Milicz
- 1959-65: studies in philosophy and theology at Oświęcim (Auschwitz) and Kraków
- 25.06.1965: sacerdotal ordination in Kraków
- 1965-70: studies and doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)
- 1970-1972: studies and doctorate in Biblical Sciences (1978) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome
- 1972-1973: studies and degree of “élève titulaire” from the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem
- Since 1969: professor of the Holy Scripture in WSD XX of the Salesians in Kraków (with some foreign trips)
- 1981: habilitation thesis
- 1991: designated as professor
Since 1977 employed at KUL
- Head of the Institute of Biblical Sciences at KUL
- Head of the Chair of Intertestamental Literature and Auxiliary Sciences of Polish Biblical Sciences KUL
- President of Polish Biblical Scholars
- Member of the Episcopal Commission for the Dialogue with Judaism
- Member of the Central Commission for Academic Titles and Academic Degrees to the President of the Council of Ministers
- Member of the Catholic Biblical Association
- Associazione Biblica Italiana
- Asociazione Biblica Salesiana
- Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
- Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Lublin (1981-86: General Secretary).
Scientific interests
- Intertestamental Literature, especially Apocrifical, of the Old Testament and the New Testament
- Judaism.
Major books
- About 120 publications, of which the most important are:
- Die Eschatologie von Henoch 9-11 und das Neue Testament, Klosternneuberg 1984.
- L'Apocalypse d'Abraham en vieux slave, Lublin 1987.
- Geografia e archeologia biblica (flora e fauna biblica), Cremisan 1987.
