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Anthony Raymond Ceresko
Born(1942-08-20)August 20, 1942
Detroit, United States
Died(2005-08-13)August 13, 2005
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 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 in North America 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

North America

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, Toronto.[1]

Asia

In 1991, Ceresko moved to India and was Professor of Old Testament at St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary, 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]

In addition, Ceresko's other articles in journals 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]
  • Psalm 149: Poetry, Themes (Exodus and Conquest), and Social Function[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
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bondings, a Newsletter of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, Toledo-Detroit Province, Volume 18, Issue 4, Fall 2005."Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2009-03-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. [1]
  3. ^ Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Introduction to the Old Testament: a Liberation Perspective, Orbis Books, 2001.[2]
  4. ^ Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom - A Spirituality for Liberation, Orbis Books, 1999.[3]
  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
  7. ^ Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56.1 (1994): 42-55
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.[4][permanent dead link]
Further reading
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