Rev. James Platania, S.S.L., S.Th.D.

S.Th.D. in Biblical Theology, summa cum laude

Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

• Dissertation: Inventing Shabbat: Moses as Agent of Legal Innovation in the Narrated World of Exodus 15:22–16:36 (director: Jean-Pierre Sonnet, S.J.)

S.S.L. in Sacred Scripture, magna cum laude

Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome

• Thesis: The Wrath and the Patience of God: An Exegetical Investigation into Yhwh’s Anger, Moses’ Intercession (Exodus 32:7–14) and Yhwh’s Merciful Character (Exodus 34:6–7) (director: Dominik Markl, S.J.)

S.Th.B., summa cum laude

Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

M.A. in Philosophical Studies, summa cum laude

Mount Saint Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Maryland

B.S.B.A. in Finance, summa cum laude

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Bellarmine Prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Theology

Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

Adjunct Professor, Core Curriculum

Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey

Doctoral research

Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

Research Affiliate

Columbia University Libraries, New York, New York

Inventing Shabbat: Moses as Agent of Legal Innovation in the Narrated World of Exodus 15,22–16,36

Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, FAT II 182. ISBN 978-3-16-200263-1

“Moses the Scribe? Techniques of Legal Innovation Reflected in Narrative (Exodus 12–16)”

Columbia University Hebrew Bible Seminar, New York, New York

“Genesis and the Ancient Near East”

University of Pennsylvania Collegium Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“Abraham, Our Father in Faith”

Islamic Center of Morris County, Rockaway, New Jersey

“The Way of Beauty in the Writings of Joseph Ratzinger”

Saint Paul Inside the Walls Benedict XVI Institute, Madison, New Jersey