Eugen J. Pentiuc
{{Short description|Romanian biblical scholar}}
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Eugen Jenica Pentiuc (born on December 8, 1955) is an Orthodox biblical scholar, theologian, and Archpriest (Protopresbyteros) of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He serves as Archbishop Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins, Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at the Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, USA,{{sfn|HCHC|n.d.}}{{sfn|Kalmoukos|2018}} and as Dean of Holy Cross since January 1, 2024.{{Cite web |title=Hellenic College Holy Cross {{!}} REV. DR. EUGEN J. PENTIUC APPOINTED DEAN OF HOLY CROSS |url=https://www.hchc.edu/rev-dr-eugen-j-pentiuc-appointed-dean-of-holy-cross/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=www.hchc.edu}}
Biography and Education
He was born in Suceava, Bukovina, Romania, and studied at the Faculty of Theological Orthodoxy of the University of Bucharest (undergraduate studies 1975–1979 and graduate studies 1979–1983).{{cite news|url=https://ziarullumina.ro/amp/noul-decan-al-institutului-teologic-sfanta-cruce-din-sua-este-roman-186196.html|title=Noul decan al Institutului Teologic "Sfânta Cruce" din SUA este român|lang=ro|first=Alexandru| last=Briciu|newspaper=Ziarul Lumina|date=December 19, 2023|access-date=April 21, 2024}} Between 1984–1988, Pentiuc studied at École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem{{Cite web |title=École Biblique et Archéologique |url=https://www.ebaf.edu/en/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.ebaf.edu}} from which he received the academic degree Élève Titulaire de l'École biblique with the thesis Oseé XI.{{Cite web |title=Diplômes {{!}} École Biblique et Archéologique |url=https://www.ebaf.edu/etudier-a-jerusalem/diplomes/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.ebaf.edu}} While at École, he does research and completes his first doctoral dissertation Cartea Profetului Osea: Traducere, introducere, si comentariu.{{Cite web |title=Hellenic College Holy Cross {{!}} FR. PENTIUC INTERVIEWED IN JERUSALEM |url=https://www.hchc.edu/fr-pentiuc-interviewed-in-jerusalem/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=www.hchc.edu}} In April 1990, Pentiuc family came to USA and established in Southbridge, MA, where Pentiuc worked as Orthodox priest for a small Aromanian community until 2001. In 1997, Pentiuc received a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.{{sfn|Fordham News|2022}} In 1998 he obtained a Th.D. in Old Testament in the Orthodox School of Theology at the University of Bucharest.{{sfn|Fordham News|2022}} In May 2018, Pentiuc was appointed inaugural holder of Archbishop Demetrios Chair of Biblical Studies and Early Christianity.{{Cite web |title=Fr. Eugen Pentiuc Appointed Archbishop Demetrios Chair of Biblical Studies at Holy Cross - Orthodox Christian Laity |url=https://ocl.org/fr-eugen-pentiuc-appointed-archbishop-demetrios-chair-of-biblical-studies-at-holy-cross/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=ocl.org}} From 2019 he holds a Doctor Honoris Causa in Theology (Doctor Divinitatis) from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.{{sfn|Fordham News|2022}} Since 1998, he has been a professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages (Hebrew, Syriac) at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, USA.
Pentiuc currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts. He is married to Dr. Flora (Popescu) Pentiuc, MD Psychiatrist in Boston; they have two children, Daniel and Cristina.{{Cite book|url=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41986/chapter/355423061 |title=The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity |editor-first=Eugen J.|editor-last=Pentiuc| chapter=Acknowledgments|doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190948658.001.0001|date=May 2022|access-date=2024-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190948689}}
Awards
- 1994 Edmund J. Curley Harvard Academic Award, Harvard University.
- 1994 Protopresbyteros / Archpriest (ecclesiastic honor), Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America.
- 1997 The Harvard Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates.
- 2002 Faculty Research Grant, Holy Cross (IT Lilly Endowment).
- 2003 Faculty Research Grant, Hellenic College (Office of Vocation and Ministry).
- 2005–2008 Teacher of the Year (awarded by Student Association for four consecutive years).
- 2009 Fulbright Scholar Fellowship at the University of Athens, Greece.{{sfn|Pentiuc|2014|pp=xiv}}
- 2009 Lilly Faculty Fellowship, Association of Theological Schools in America and Canada.{{sfn|Pentiuc|2014|pp=xiv}}
- 2023 Pentiuc's proposal The Scriptorium: Preaching and Teaching the Word of God in a Digital Age brought a $ 1,125 million grant to Holy Cross by Lilly Compelling Preaching Initiative.
Works
= Theses =
- {{cite thesis|last=Pentiuc|first=Eugen J.|date=1997|title=Studies in the Emar lexicon|type=PhD diss.| publisher=Harvard University|oclc=42930273|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/304435123/}}
- Pentiuc Eugen J. (1998). Cartea Profetului Osea: Introducere, traducere si comentariu (ThD diss.). Bucharest University.{{Cite web |title=Vechiul Testament în scrierile bibliștilor ortodocși români |url=https://sbor.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/VT-ghid-bibiografic.pdf }}
= Published Books =
- Pentiuc, Eugen J. (2001). Cartea profetului Osea: Introducere, traducere si comentariu. Albatros. {{ISBN|973-24-0895-2}}{{Cite web |title=Centrul de studii biblice |url=https://sacrascripta.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/colectii/index.php?id=otcommentary |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=sacrascripta.reviste.ubbcluj.ro}}
- Pentiuc, Eugen J. (2002). Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea with Patristic Annotations. Holy Cross Press. {{ISBN|978-1-885652-58-4}}
- Pentiuc, Eugen J. (2003). Spaima de real. Cartea Romaneasca. {{ISBN|973-23-0240-2}}.{{Cite book |url=https://www.targulcartii.ro/eugen-j-pentiuc/spaima-de-real-cartea-romaneasca-2003-5951128 |title=Eugen J. Pentiuc - Spaima de real |language=ro}}
- {{cite book|title=Jesus the Messiah in the Hebrew Bible|first=Eugen J.|last=Pentiuc|publisher=Paulist Press|date=2006|isbn=9780809143467}}
- Pentiuc, Eugen J., General Editor (2008). The Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today's World. {{ISBN|978-0-7180-0359-3}}
- {{cite book|title=The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition|first=Eugen J.|last=Pentiuc|publisher=Oxford University Press USA|date=2014|isbn=9780195331233}}
- Pentiuc, Eugen J. et all. (2017) Hosea: The Word of the LORD that Happened to Hosea. Peeters Press. {{ISBN|978-90-429-3566-2}}
- {{cite book|title=West Semitic Vocabulary in the Akkadian Texts from Emar|volume=49|series=Harvard Semitic Studies|first=Eugen J.|last=Pentiuc|publisher=Brill|date=2018|isbn=9789004369870}}
- Pentiuc, Eugen J. (2021). Hearing the Scriptures: Liturgical Exegesis of the Old Testament in Byzantine Orthodox Hymnography. Oxford University Press USA. {{ISBN|978-0-19-023964-0}}
- Pentiuc, Eugen J., Ed. (2022). Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity. Oxford University Press USA. {{ISBN|978-0-19-094865-8}}
= Books In Preparation =
- Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible from an Orthodox Christian Perspective. Under contract with Oxford University Press USA.
- Ancient Christian Study Bible. Co-Editor-in-Chief with Paul Blowers. Under contract with Oxford University Press USA.
References
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Sources
- {{cite web|last=HCHC|title=Rev. Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc, PhD|url=https://www.hchc.edu/faculty/rev-fr-eugen-j-pentiuc-phd/|publisher=Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology|access-date=2023-11-21|date=n.d.}}
- {{cite web|last=Fordham News|date=2022-10-27|title=Hearing the Scriptures: A Conversation with the Rev. Eugen Pentiuc|publisher=Fordham University. The Jesuit University of New York|url=https://news.fordham.edu/event/hearing-the-scriptures-a-conversation-with-the-rev-eugen-pentiuc/|access-date=2023-11-21}}
- {{cite web|title=Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc Interviewed in Jerusalem by Trinitas TV|date=2023-10-31|url=https://www.hchc.edu/rev-dr-eugen-j-pentiuc-interviewed-in-jerusalem-by-trinitas-tv/|access-date=2023-11-21|publisher=Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology}}
- {{cite web|date=2022-08-17|title=Rev. Dr. Pentiuc publishes The Oxford Handbook of The Bible in Orthodox Christianity|url=https://www.actslibrary.org/news/2022/8/17/rev-dr-pentiuc-publishes-the-oxford-handbook-of-the-bible-in-orthodox-christianity|access-date=2023-11-21}}
- {{cite web|last=Kalmoukos|first=Theodore|date=2018-06-27|title=Fr. Eugen Pentiuc Appointed Archbishop Demetrios Chair of Biblical Studies at Holy Cross|publisher=Orthodox Christian Laity|url=https://ocl.org/fr-eugen-pentiuc-appointed-archbishop-demetrios-chair-of-biblical-studies-at-holy-cross/}}
External links
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