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NOTIZIARIO 1999-2000
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TESI DI BACCELLIERATO
ACEVES AGUILAR F.J., Dios Padre, Hijo y Espiritu Santo en los escritos de San Francisco de Asís (moderatore: Prof. Raúl Fernando Dinamarca Donoso).
CASTILLO GAONA D., L’inviolabilià della vita umana nell’Evangelium Vitae (moderatore: Jerzy Kraj).
DEMSAR M., Io sono la vite, voi i tralci. Lettura esegetica della pericope Gv 15,1-8 (moderatore: Frédéric Manns).
DULNIOK Z.M., Teologia della morte nel magistero conciliare e postconciliare (moderatore: Artemio Vítores).
ELIAS A.H., Partecipazione della donna alla missione e alla vita della Chiesa (moderatore: Dobromir Jasztal).
JANUSZKIEWICZ L.M., L’Eucaristia nel Catechismo della Chiesa Cattolica (moderatore: Daniel L. Chrupca a).
MILOVITCH S., Chiese Orientali: Le Chiese oggi presenti a Gerusalemme (moderatore: Celestyn M. Paczkowski).
ORTIZ SUACEDO E.A., La divinización del hombre según el Magisterio actual de la Iglesia (moderatore: Artemio Vítores).
BACCELLIERATO SU TESARIO
RIOS ORDÓÑEZ Wilson H.
TUREK Ezdrasz B.
TESI DI LICENZA
ABI-AAD R., Le Liban dans l’Ancien Testament Histoire et images, 103 pp. (moderatore: A. Niccacci).
ARIAS M., Las últimas dos copas del Apocalipsis. Un estudio exegético-teológico de Ap 16,12-21, 138 pp. (moderatore: F. Manns).
CASTILLO S., Yo soy la vid, vosotros los sarmientos (Jn 15,1-17), 105 pp. (moderatore: F. Manns).
CHIOVARO V., La Sapienza ordine di relazioni. Lettura esegetica di Sap 8,2-21 e Sir 51,13-30 nel contesto sapienziale, 94 pp. (moderatore: A. Niccacci).
DE LUCA S., La predicazione agli spiriti in prigione in 1Pt 3,18-20a e i suoi influssi sulla concezione del descensus ad inferos nei primi secoli, 123 pp. (moderatore: F. Manns).
GARAU A., Deuteronomio 4,1-40. Una delle formulazioni definitive del mono-teismo mosaico, 88 pp. (moderatore: E. Cortese).
RENDÓN G., La enseñanza de Jesús sana y libera. Estudio exegético de Lc 13,10-17, 149 pp. (moderatore: G.C. Bottini).
SZYMANSKI P., Nagroda dla zwyciezcy w listach do kósciolów (Ap 2-3), 106 pp. (moderatore: L.D. Chrupcala).
VELASCO A., Autoridad y servicio. Ensayo exegético-teológico de Lc 22,24-30, 98 pp. (moderatore: G.C. Bottini).
WÓJTOWICZ R., Studio esegetico di Ap 21,1-5b. Ecco la tenda di Dio con gli uomini, 122 pp. (moderatore: F. Manns).
TESI DI LAUREA
1. NALUPARAYIL Jacob Chacko
2. DOUGHERTY Damien R.
NALUPARAYIL Jacob Chacko, The Identity of Jesus in Mark, Jerusalem, 1999, xviii – 746 pp. (First Moderator: N. Casalini; Second Moderator: G.C. Bottini; Censor: G. Bissoli).
Who is Jesus according to the gospel of Mark? A variety of answers have been given to this question in the course of the Markan research, each one emphasizing a particular aspect of Mark’s presentation of Jesus. As a consequence, there appears to be no consensus on the Markan Christology. It is against this background that the present dissertation, under the title "The Identity of Jesus in Mark", attempts to answer the question of Jesus’ identity.
This dissertation progresses in three stages, each stage forming a part of the thesis, viz., part I, preliminary investigations, part II, Jesus of the Markan narrative, and part III, Jesus-Son of Man is Christ the Son of God.
Part one: Preliminary Investigations. This part of the thesis is intended to prepare the necessary background for the research as such. It comprises of three chapters. Chapter one undertakes mainly a survey of the scholarly research on the question of Jesus’ identity in Mark and the evaluation of the current methodologies. It produces two prominent results.
One, among the different Christological theories, the "Son of God Christologies" which emphasize the title "Son of God," and the "Son of Man Christologies" which acknowledge the predominance of "the Son of Man," dominate the present Christological discussion. In addition, the attempt to negotiate a balance between these two poles is found in the polar Christology and the integrative Christology.
Two, an evaluation of the prevalent methodologies lead us to the decision to apply in this research a combined methodology of narrative criticism and synoptic comparison.
Q and pre-Markan collections constitute two streams of pre-Markan tradition. In chapters two and three I attempt to compare the Christology of these two streams of pre-Markan tradition with that of Mk. These comparisons should enable us to arrive at some preliminary indications on the prominent Christological trends of Mark. The outstanding results of these two comparisons are the following.
One, Mk shares in the pre-Markan tradition’s common heritage of employing the designation "the Son of Man" as the name of the divine person present in Jesus of Nazareth, by sustaining its distinctive feature as the unique and exclusive self-designation of Jesus. Two, all other Christological titles in the pre-Markan tradition play a qualifying role to the divine name "the Son of Man. Mk appears to elaborate this pre-Markan Christological speciality by developing the two titles "the Christ" and "the Son of God" as confessional Christological titles. Three, Mk uses one sphere of the Son of Man’s life-history, viz., his destiny of death-resurrection which is his earthly mission, in order to elucidate the confessional Christological titles of the Christ and the Son of God.
In part two of the dissertation, I try to answer the question of Jesus’ identity by making use of narrative criticism. I concentrate here on three narrative elements of Mark. Each of these narrative elements constitutes a subsequent chapter of the thesis: chapter 4, the plot of Mark and Jesus; chapter 5, points of view and Jesus; and chapter 6, Jesus the protagonist of Mark.
The important results of narrative analysis can be thus summarized. The development of the plot with its corresponding affective response in the reader displays that Jesus is the divine Son of Man, whose "way" is entrusted with the reader in order to be followed. Points of view of God, Jesus, and the narrator converge, providing us with a reliable answer that Jesus is the divine Son of Man on earth. The reconstruction of the character Jesus through the analysis of his character traits testifies that "the Son of Man" operates as the name of the divine person present in Jesus of Nazareth. Thus the narrative analysis has shown that "the Son of Man" functions as the name of the divine person present in Jesus and consequently the identity question stands definitely answered that Jesus is the divine Son of Man on earth.
Part three is designed to investigate closely into the two principal designations of Jesus, viz., "the Son of Man" and "Christ the Son of God."
In chapter 7, i.e., Jesus-the Son of Man, I take a closer look at the exclusive features of the Son of Man by analyzing all instances of the Son of Man designation in Mk. This enables us to expose all what Mk wants to communicate to the reader about his protagonist, Jesus-Son of Man, i.e., features of his personality, his earthly mission, his divine power, his destiny, his pre-existence, his future office etc. The most important result is the following. The protagonist of Mk, Jesus of Nazareth, has the self-consciousness that he is the heavenly Son of Man on earth, whose life span comprises of three phases, i.e., his earthly life, his existence prior to his coming on earth, and his future coming at eschaton.
Now, the remaining question is about the relation between the designations "the Son of Man" and "the Son of God." What is the meaning and function of "the Christ, the Son of God" in its association with the name "the Son of Man"? To find an answer to this question, chapter 8, i.e., Jesus, the Christ the Son of God, takes up all instances of the title "the Son of God" and its equivalents. As a result, we discover that the Son of Man is God’s Son or the Father of the Son of Man is God. While "the Son of Man" stands for the identity of the divine person, the titles "the Christ" and "the Son of God" play qualifying roles to the person, expressing one or other aspect of the Son of Man. These two titles are used in Mk as confessional titles to the person, Jesus-Son of Man. In addition, one finds in the narrative a systematic reinterpretation of "the Christ, the Son of God" with the earthly phase of the Son of Man’s life, i.e., his destiny of suffering, death, and resurrection. In other words, the earthly phase of the Son of Man’s life is used to expose the significance of these two confessional titles.
The following thesis is formulated as the final conclusion: according to Mk, Jesus is the Son of Man on earth (2:10). The designation "the Son of Man" stands for the identity of the divine person present in Jesus of Nazareth. It functions as the name of the divine person whose earthly name is Jesus. This thesis is anchored on the textual evidence of a unique feature of the designation "the Son of Man." That is, it is consistently used in Mk as the unique and exclusive self-designation of Jesus. It is used only for Jesus and only by Jesus. By means of the narrative analysis we discovered that the narrator guides the reader towards the perception that the divine person present in Jesus of Nazareth as "the Lord" (1:2-3) and "the beloved Son" of God (1:11) is the Son of Man on earth (2:10, 28). Moreover, in the world of story Jesus considers himself to be the heavenly Son of Man on earth. That means, the protagonist of the story of Mark has the self-perception that he is the Son of Man. That the narrative noun "the Son of Man" operates as the locus of all supernatural traits of the protagonist confirms it as his divine name. In short, what the narrator recounts is the story of the Son of Man, whose life span comprises of three phases: his earthly life, his future coming at eschaton, and his existence prior to his coming on earth.
DOUGHERTY Damien R., Isaian Servant, Lucan Savior. The Use of Isaiah 52,13-53,12 (LXX) in Luke-Acts and the Meaning of the Death of Jesus, Jerusalem 1999, XVIII, 321 pp. (patrono: G.C. Bottini; correlatore: A.M. Buscemi; censore: F. Manns).
Riportiamo qui i capitoli con i relativi titoli e un testo tratto dalle conclusioni scritte dall’autore.
Chapter One: Theologia crucis, Theologia gloriae: State of the Vexata Quaestio.
Chapter Two: The servant of Yahweh in Deutero-Isaiah.
Chapter Three: Jesus "reckoned with the wicked". Isaiah 53,12d in Luke 22,37 and 23,33-34.
Chapter Four: Jesus "humiliated and exalted". Isaiah 53,7-8 in Acts 8,32-33.
Chapter Five: Jesus "Servant and Righteous". Isaiah 52,13 and 53,11-12 in Acts 3,12-26 and 4,27.30.
This dissertation was undertaken in an attempt to respond to a genuine need which came to the surface as a result of our rather extensive survey to examine the history of the Theologia crucis/Theologia gloriae issue as well as the entire spectrum of theories concerning the nature of the soteriology that emerges from Luke-Acts and the many and varied explanation for presumed omissions. As the debate over whether or not Luke-Acts attributes an expiatory value to the death of Jesus has endured for well over a century and a half and appeared deadlocked, it was decided to approach the solution of the problem from a rather novel route, taking the lead from a preliminary article of G.C. Bottini who contended that the manner in which Luke utilized allusions and citations to the Deutero-Isaian Suffering Servant Songs in the course of his narrative could serve as a key to a deeper comprehension of Lucan soteriology.
To the degree that exegetes apprehend and utilize the paradigm of the Suffering Servant in their comprehension of the Lucan passion narrative, they will subscribe to an interpretation of Luke that will enable them to perceive and to appreciate his soteriology of the salvific value of the death of Jesus as a vicarious expiation for sin. The evidence for the Lucan utilization of the Suffering Servant title-theme which permeates the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles is far too strong to be ignored and, once it is studied comprehensively, it must be appreciated as the interpretative key to an understanding of the expiation for sin accomplished through the crucifixion and death of Jesus.
PUBBLICAZIONI DI TESI PRESENTATE ALLO SBF
ELUE Michael O., The Royal Priesthood in 1 Peter 2:1-10. A Historico-Theological Investigation (Pars dissertationis), Jerusalem 1999, 62 pp.
NALUPARAYIL Jacob C., The Identity of Jesus in Mark, Jerusalem 2000, XVIII, 636 pp.
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