James Platania is a biblical scholar and a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Paterson. He teaches in the Core Curriculum at Seton Hall University and serves as Parochial Vicar of Corpus Christi Parish in Chatham Township, New Jersey. His research concerns the Pentateuch, and in particular the way the book of Exodus characterizes Moses as an interpreter of divine teaching. His book, Inventing Shabbat, is forthcoming from Mohr Siebeck in the series Forschungen zum Alten Testament II.
Inventing Shabbat
Moses as Agent of Legal Innovation in the Narrated World of Exodus 15,22–16,36
The relationship between law and narrative in the Pentateuch. How divine speech is received, adapted, and applied by Moses, and what that implies for the way biblical law unfolds within narrative.
Two courses in Seton Hall University’s Core Curriculum, Journey of Transformation and Christianity and Culture in Dialogue, after earlier teaching of the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and biblical languages at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology.
Parish ministry in Chatham Township; service to the Diocese of Paterson as Censor Librorum; and chaplaincy to the NFL.
“Moses the Scribe? Techniques of Legal Innovation Reflected in Narrative (Exodus 12–16)”
“Genesis and the Ancient Near East”