DEGREES:
Bachelor of Arts (Honours B.A.,
Philosophy), University
of
Guelph, 1973;
Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Regis
College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto, 1979;
Licentiate in Sacred Scripture
(S.S.L.),
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, 1983;
Doctorate in Sacred Scripture
(S.S.D.),
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, 1989.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Teaching:
1973-76 Secondary Education
Teacher:
St. Paul's High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, "English Literature,"
"Composition,"
"Religious Values".
1984-85 Sessional Lecturer,
Regis College, Toronto, 1984-1985, "The Psalms," "Tutorial: New
Testament
Introduction," "Covenant Theology," "Biblical, Hebrew Poetry".
1986-87 Sessional Lecturer,
Beda College, Rome, 1986-1987, Fall Semester, "Introduction to Wisdom
Literature".
1987-88 Sessional Lecturer,
Faculty of Psychology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1988, Spring
Semester,
"Questioni di vita e morte nella sagezza biblica".
1989-1996 Assistant Professor,
Regis College, 1989-1997, "The Psalms," "Covenant in Deuteronomy," "The
Call to Prophecy," "Introduction to the Old Testament," "Questions of
Life
and Death in Wisdom Literature (Job, Qoheleth, Wisdom of Solomon),"
"Hebrew
Poetry: Psalms," "The Book of Wisdom," "Genesis," "Wisdom and Job".
1992 Daniel Hannin Visiting
Professor
of Religious Studies, Campion College, University of Regina, 1992,
Spring Semester, "Introduction to the Old Testament," "Job as
Literature".
1994 Guest Lecturer at
St.
Aloysius Institute, Bratislava, April - June 1994, "The Covenants of
the
Bible," "The Psalms".
1995 Guest Lecturer at
St.
Mark's College, Vancouver, B.C. "Introduction to the Old Testament"
(July).
1996 Guest Lecturer at
St.
Aloysius Institute, Bratislava, April - June 1996 "Questions of Life
and
Death in Wisdom Literature".
1997-- Associate Professor,
Regis
College, September
1997.
1997-1998 Sabbatical Leave
Sep
- Jan, Jesuitenkolleg, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; Feb
- June 1998, Aloisianum, Brastislava, Slovakia, "Questions of Life and
Death
in Wisdom Literature," "The Psalms".
2000 Guest Lecturer at
St.
Aloysius Institute, Bratislava, University of Trnava, April - June
2000,
"The Psalms".
2003 Guest Lecturer at
St.
Aloysius Institute, Bratislava, University of Trnava, April - June
2003,
"Wisdom Literature". Also lectured at the Faculty of Pedagogy at
the
University of Trnava, 2003 April - May, "An Introduction to the Old
Testament".
2005 Sabbatical Leave,
half year, January - July, Guest
Lecturer at Hekima College,
Nairobi, Kenya, "The Psalms and Wisdom Literature," "Seminar on the
Book of Job".
2008 Sabbatical Leave,
half year, January - July.
2014 Sabbatical Leave,
half year, January - July; Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy.
Administration:
1993-1994 Acting Basic
Degree Director,
Regis College
1994-1997 Basic Degree
Director,
Regis College
1998-2004 Advanced Degree
Director, Regis College
1999-2004 Chair of the
Advanced Degree Council, Toronto School of Theology
2001-2004 Chair of the
Biblical Department, Toronto School of Theology
2005-2006 Acting Director of the Master of Theological Studies
Program, Regis College
2006-2007 Director of
the Master of Theological Studies Program, Regis College
2007-2013 Director of the
Master of Arts in Minstry and Spirituality, Regis College
2009-2012 Secretary of the
Biblical Department, Toronto School of Theology
2013 Jan - July Secretary of the Biblical Department, Toronto School of
Theology
Workshops/Lectures:
1984 March 30 - April 1, "Biblical
Leadership: some
dynamics of leadership in biblical figures," for Superiors of Religious
Congregations in North America, Holy Spirit Centre, Hamilton, Ontario.
1985 "The Psalms in the Passion
Narratives,"
Regis College Lecture Series, 1985.
1991 "The Dynamic of Prayer in
the
Psalms," Regis College Lecture Series, 1991.
1992 Lecture for "Christian
Life
Series," Campion College, Regina and St. Thomas, Saskatoon, "What is
New
in the New Covenant of Jesus?"
1994 Feb 9, "Creation in the
Bible: A
Response
to Thomas Berry," Regis College Lecture Series..
1995 Lecture for the St.
Joseph's
Centre Spring Lecture Series (Willowdale, ON), "The Question of
Suffering
and the Pascal Mystery." "What Does the Old Testament Say About
Suffering?"
1997 December 3, Guest Lecturer
for
the Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology, University of Innsbruck,
Gastvortrag, Theologische Fakultät, Universität Innsbruck, HS
MK II, Sillgasse 8a, Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft, "Creation in
the Wisdom of Solomon" "Die Schöpfung im Buch der Weisheit".
2000 April at Banska
Bystrica; May at Piestany, Lecture in Slovak for University
Students,
"Ekológia
a Biblia" (Ecology and the Bible).
2000 October 14-15, Diaconate
Programme
of the Archdiocese of Toronto, St. Augustine Seminary, "The Prophets".
2000 November 9, Catholic
Biblical
Association of Canada, Lecture: "Abraham and the Christian Tradition,"
at Regis College, Toronto.
2001 February 7, In "Reclaiming Our Roots," Regis College Lecture
Series,
Lecture: "The Dynamic of Prayer in the Psalms," at Regis College,
Toronto.
2001 March 20th, The Catholic Biblical Society of Canada, in the
series
"Biblical Images of God for the 3rd Millenium," Lecture: "Wisdom: An
Image
of God" at Regis College, Toronto.
2003 January 11-12, Diaconate
Programme
of the Archdiocese of Toronto, St. Augustine Seminary, "The Psalms."
2003 September 25th, October 2nd, Parish Ministry Formation
Program (Archdiocese of Toronto) Scripture I –
Creation, Exodus and the Covenant.
2004 August 7-10, Catholic Biblical
Association of America, General Meeting in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Simultaneous Session, "Clothing and
Reconciliation in the
Joseph Narrative."
2004 December 11-12, Diaconate
Programme
of the Archdiocese of Toronto, St. Augustine Seminary, "Prophecy in
Israel."
2005 November, Society of
Biblical Literature Meeting, Philadelphia, "The Wisdom of Solomon and
the Canon."
2006 March 30, Lenten
Evening Reflection: St.
Anne’s Church, Brampton, "The Papal
Encyclical, Deus
Caritas Est."
2007 February 17-18, Diaconate
Programme
of the Archdiocese of Toronto and Hamilton, St. Augustine Seminary,
"The Psalms."
2007 May, The Fourth International Conference on the
Deuterocanonical Books, The Wisdom of Solomon and
Greek Philosophical Influence, Pápa, Hungary.
“Sapiential Values and Apocalyptic
Imagery in
the Wisdom of Solomon.”
2007 July 2-5, Scripture Institute, Charlottetown, PEI, a workshop on
"The Psalms."
2008 March, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Lenten Mission,
Thunderbay, Ontario. "Praying with the Psalms."
2009 Jan-Apr, Regis College, Windows
on Theology "Praying with the Psalms."
2009 January 17-18, Diaconate
Programme
of the Archdiocese of Toronto and Hamilton, St. Augustine Seminary,
"The Psalms."
2010 May, "Priesthood in the Old Testament: State and Process
(Melchizedech, Moses, Aaron, Sadok)" in Slovak. Delivered at the
Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Bratislava, and at the Saint
Francis Xavier Seminary in Badin, Banska Bystrica in the context of a
series of lectures for the Year of the Priest from October-May, The Priest: Yesterday and Today,
May 19th, 2010.
2010 December 11-12, Diaconate
Programme
of the Archdiocese of Toronto and Hamilton, St. Augustine Seminary,
"The Psalms."
2011 February, Diaconate Programme of the Archdiocese of St.
Catherines, Mount Carmel, Niagara Falls, "The Prophets in the Old
Testament."
2011 May 16-27, The Community of the Sisters of Saint Ann, Victoria,
British Columbia, preached retreat: "Praying the Spiritual Exercises of
St. Ignatius with the Psalms."
2011 July 11-19, Province Retreat of the Slovak Jesuits, Presov,
Slovakia: "Praying the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius with the
Psalms"; in Slovak, "Modliť sa pred Bohom s Duchovnými
Cvičeniami Sv. Ignáca a so Žalmami."
2011 August, Catholic
Biblical
Association of America, General
Meeting at Assumption College,
Worchester, MA, Research Report: "Genesis 1 - Creation & Chaos."
2012 June 12-18, Sisters of St. Joseph Toronto, Invermara, Ontario,
preached retreat: "Praying the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius with
the Psalms."
2012 September, Theology on Tap -
Toronto: "The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
- a Blessing in Desguise."
2013 June 24-26, Mount Carmel, Niagara Falls, Holy Cross Fathers: "The
movements of prayer in the Psalms."
2013 November 13th, Windows on Theology, Regis College: "How do we hear
the voice of God in our lives? - the Biblical Witness."
PUBLICATIONS:
The Ambiguity of Death in
the
Book of Wisdom (1-6), A Study of Literary Structure and Interpretation,
Analecta
Biblica 127, Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1991.
Several book reviews for CBQ,
beginning in 1986.
Reviews for OT Abstracts,
beginning in 1991.
Review of Books of Interest for
the Toronto Journal of Theology, 1990.
"Creation and Salvation in the
Book
of Wisdom." In Creation in the
Biblical
Traditions, eds. R.J.
Clifford and J.J. Collins, CBQ
Monograph Series 24, Washington: CBAA, 1992. 97-107.
Two articles in Roots:
Finding
Strength in Biblical Tradition, Part 1, published by the Canadian
Conference
of Catholic Bishops, Concacan, Inc., 1992. In chapter 1, "Israel: a
Covenant
People," (pp. 21-25); in chapter 8, "Genesis: the Origin of Evil," (pp.
100-103).
"The Book of Wisdom:
introduction,
commentary, and reflections." The New Interpreter's Bible.
Volume
5. Leander E. Keck, editor. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997. Pp.
433-600.
"Universalism and Justice in
the
Wisdom of Solomon." In Treasures of Wisdom: Studies in Ben Sira and
the Book of Wisdom, Festschrift M. Gilbert, eds. N.
Calduch-Benages,
J. Vermeylen, Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1999. 289-301.
"The Wisdom of Solomon:
Justice and Creation," The Bible Today 40 (2002): 341-347.
"Clothing and Reconciliation: The Joseph Narrative (Gen 37-50)," Afrika Yetu 10 (2006): 1-16.
"The Sage Behind the Wisdom of Solomon." In Scribes, Sages, and Seers: The Sage in the
Eastern Mediterranean World, ed. Leo G. Perdue, FRLANT 219,
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008. 245-257.
"Solomon, Wisdom of." In The New
Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible.
Volume 5. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, editor. Nashville,
Abingdon Press, 2009.
Pp. 330-334.
“Sapiential Values and
Apocalyptic Imagery in
the Wisdom of Solomon.” In Studies
in the Book of Wisdom. Edited by Géza G. Xeravits and
József Zsengellér. Journal
for the Study of Judaism 142. Leiden, Boston: Brill 2010. 23-36.
Works in Progress:
Creation and Chaos in Genesis 1.
'Crossing over with the covenant' -- translating Deut 29:12.
The Movements of Prayer in the Psalms.
Paradox and Mysticism in the Book of Job.
