Joseph Pathrapankal (29 September 1930 – 27 February 2022) was an Indian

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Scholar and

Syro-Malabar The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India. It is a '' sui iuris'' (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Cathol ...

priest belonging to the

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. He first studied at the

Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth Jnana Deepa (JD), Institute for Philosophy and Theology ( Pontifical Athenaeum) is located at Pune, India. It is the academic component of Papal Seminary, Pontificium Athenaeum Kandiensis seu Pooniensis. Founded by the Pope Leo XIII with the mo ...

in Pune and then went to the

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where he obtained a licentiate in sacred scripture in 1960. He then became a lecturer then professor of

, and from 1976 to 1979 and 1979 to 1985 the vice-president and president at

Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram DVK Pontifical Athenaeum also known as Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy and Theology, is an institution of higher learning established by the Syro-Malabar Catholic congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI ...

(DVK), Bengaluru. On 30 May 1997 Pathrapankal received an

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from the faculty of theology at

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, Sweden. Pathrapankal was also a member of the

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. He was a former past president of the Society for Biblical Studies in India, and a member of the

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Writings

* Time and History: Biblical and Theological Studies Pathrapankal again left for Rome on study leave and registered as a doctoral candidate with the

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and pursued research in

studies and submitted a thesis titled ''Metanoia, Faith, Covenant: A Study of Pauline Theology'' which was later published by Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram in 1971.Joseph Pathrapankal, ''Metanoia, Faith, Covenant: A Study of Pauline Theology'', Issue 8 of Dharmārām College studies Issue 8 of studies, Dharmārām College, Bengaluru, 1971.

/ref> Pathrapankal returned to India and continued teaching at Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram.

References

;Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Pathrapankal, Joseph 1930 births 2022 deaths People from Kerala Indian biblical scholars Indian Christian theologians Syro-Malabar priests Carmelite Order Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Pontifical Biblical Institute alumni Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University)