Anthony Raymond Ceresko
Born(1942-08-20)August 20, 1942
Detroit, Michigan, United States
DiedAugust 13, 2005(2005-08-13) (aged 62)
Tagaytay, Philippines
Other namesAnthony Ceresko
Education
Parent(s)Mother: Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Tyrie Ceresko
Father: Dr. Anthony
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
Ordained12 September 1970
WritingsSee Contents - 3.Writings
Offices held
Professor of Old Testament
TitleReverend Doctor
Notes
Data as of March 2009

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

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:

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
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Job 29:31 in the light of Northwest Semitic - A Translation and Philological Commentary, Biblical Institute Press, Rome, 1980.
  3. ^ Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Introduction to the Old Testament: a Liberation Perspective, Orbis Books, 2001.
  4. ^ Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom - A Spirituality for Liberation, Orbis Books, 1999.
  5. ^ Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Roland E. Murphy (Ed.), New Jerome Biblical Commentary, second edition, Chapman, London, 1990.
  6. ^ "Ted Hildebrandt, Proverbs: Rough and working Bibliography, 2005". Archived from the original on 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  7. ^ Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56.1 (1994): 42-55
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Ted Hildebrandt, Psalms Bibliography, 2005
  9. ^ 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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