Joseph Pathrapankal

{{Short description|Indian theologian (1930–2022)}}

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| birth_date =29 September 1930Joseph Pathrapankal, Augustine Thottakara, Indian Interpretation of the Bible: Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Dr. Joseph Pathrapankal, Dharmaram Publications, Bengaluru, 2000. [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&cd=1&id=a6zYAAAAMAAJ&dq=]

| birth_place = Kerala

| death_date =27 February 2022

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| church = Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

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• Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune (B.Th.)
• Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune (M.Th.)
• Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (L.S.S.)
• Gregorian University, Rome (S.T.D.)

| ordained = 24 March 1958

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| title = Reverend Father Doctor

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Joseph Pathrapankal (29 September 1930 – 27 February 2022) was an Indian New Testament Scholar and Syro-Malabar priest belonging to the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.

He first studied at the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth in Pune and then went to the Pontifical Biblical Institute where he obtained a licentiate in sacred scripture in 1960.VINEA ELECTA Bollettino informativo dell’Associazione ex-alunni/e del Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Num. 5 – ANNO 2005, p. 12. [http://www.biblico.it/ex-alunni/Vinea_electa/Vin_El_Web_05.pdf] He then became a lecturer then professor of New Testament, and from 1976 to 1979 and 1979 to 1985 the vice-president and president at Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram (DVK), Bengaluru.John C. England, Asian Christian Theologies: Asia region, 7th-20th centuries; South Asia; Austral Asia Volume 1 of Asian Christian Theologies: A Research Guide to Authors, Movements, Sources, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004. p. 285. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IckRAQAAIAAJ&q=] On 30 May 1997

Pathrapankal received an honorary doctorate from the faculty of theology at Uppsala University, Sweden.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/traditions/prizes/honorary-doctorates/|title = Honorary doctorates – Uppsala University, Sweden| date=9 June 2023 }}

Pathrapankal was also a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.Journal of Dharma, Volume 17, Centre for the Study of World Religions, Dharmaram College, Bengaluru, 1992. p.79. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TA_XAAAAMAAJ&q=joseph+pathrapankal+poona&dq=joseph+pathrapankal+poona&cd=3][http://www.booktopia.com.au/the-christian-programme-a-theological-and-pastoral-study-of-the-sermon-on-the-mount/prod9781597521949.html Booktopia]

He was a former past president of the Society for Biblical Studies in India,Fr. Max Gonsalves (Ed.), Society for Biblical Studies in India Directory 1998. and a member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.

New Testament Studies, Volume 22, Society for New Testament Studies, Cambridge University Press, 1975. p.367. [https://books.google.com/books?cd=1&id=kdczAAAAIAAJ&dq=]