Anthony Raymond Ceresko (1942–2005) was an Old Testament scholar.
History
Ceresko was born in Detroit , Michigan , USA, on 20 August 1942.[ 1] After completing studies at the local Salesian High School in Detroit , Ceresko entered the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Childs, Maryland and was professed on 21 August 1962.[ 1]
Studies
He studied at the Niagara University , Lewiston, New York , and graduated in 1967.[ 1] Ceresko was later sent to The Catholic University of America , Washington, D.C. , in 1970 where he studied Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) and Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) .[ 1]
Ceresko obtained a doctorate from the Pontifical Biblical Institute .[ 1] His thesis was Job 29:31 in the light of Northwest Semitic - A Translation and Philological Commentary .[ 2]
Writings
Job 29:31 in the light of Northwest Semitic - A Translation and Philological Commentary [ 2]
Introduction to the Old Testament: a Liberation Perspective [ 3]
Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom - A Spirituality for Liberation [ 4]
Teacher
Ceresko first taught at the SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan .[ 1] He later moved to Canada and was Professor of Scripture at University of St. Michael's College in Toronto .[ 1]
In 1991, Ceresko moved to India and was Professor of Old Testament at St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary in Bengaluru . In 1999, Ceresko volunteered to teach in the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay , Philippines .[ 1]
Scholarship
Along with Thomas P. Wahl, Ceresko co-edited the notes on Zephaniah , Nahum , Habakkuk in the second edition of the New Jerome Biblical Commentary , and wrote the notes on Jonah .[ 5]
Ceresko's other journal articles include:
"The Function of 'Order' (Sedeq) and 'Creation' in the Book of Proverbs with Some Implications for Today".[ 6]
"The Rhetorical Strategy of the Fourth Servant Song (Isaiah 52:13-53:12): Poetry and the Exodus-New Exodus"[ 7]
"The Abcs of Wisdom in Psalm xxxiv"[ 8]
"A Note on Psalm 63: A Psalm of Vigil"[ 8]
"A Poetic Analysis of Ps 105, with Attention to Its Use of Irony"[ 8]
"Prayers for Times of Distress"[ 8]
"Psalm 121: A Prayer of a Warrior?"[ 8]
"Psalm 149: Poetry, Themes (Exodus and Conquest), and Social Function"[ 8]
"The Sage in the Psalms." The Sage in Israel and the Ancient near East"[ 8]
"The Function of Chiasmus in Hebrew Poetry"[ 8]
"St. Francis de Sales - Spiritual Directory for a New Century: Re-interpreting the Direction of Intention"[ 9]
"To reward them afterwards - Eschatology and St. Francis de Sales - Direction of Intention or Right Intending of Deeds"[ 9]
Academic offices
Preceded by
Professor of Old Testament
Divine Word Seminary , Tagaytay 1999-2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Professor of Old Testament
St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bengaluru 1991-1999
Succeeded by
References
Notes
^ a b c d e f g h "Deaths in Province" (PDF) . Bondings . Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Fall 2005. p. 6-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2009 .
^ a b Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Job 29:31 in the light of Northwest Semitic - A Translation and Philological Commentary , Biblical Institute Press, Rome, 1980.
^ Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Introduction to the Old Testament: a Liberation Perspective , Orbis Books, 2001.
^ Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom - A Spirituality for Liberation , Orbis Books, 1999.
^ Raymond E. Brown , Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Roland E. Murphy (Ed.), New Jerome Biblical Commentary , second edition, Chapman, London, 1990.
^ "Ted Hildebrandt, Proverbs: Rough and working Bibliography , 2005" . Archived from the original on 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2009-03-30 .
^ Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56.1 (1994): 42-55
^ a b c d e f g h Ted Hildebrandt, Psalms Bibliography , 2005
^ a b Anthony Raymond Ceresko, To reward them afterwards - Eschatology and St. Francis de Sales - Direction of Intention or Right Intending of Deeds , Indian Journal of Spirituality, Volume 16/3, 2003, pp.316-335.[1] [permanent dead link ]
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