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

Catholic Priest · Biblical Scholar · Professor

Lectures & Media

Selected academic lectures

  • January 11, 2024

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

    Columbia University Hebrew Bible Seminar, New York, New York

  • July 27, 2018

    “Genesis and the Ancient Near East”

    University of Pennsylvania Collegium Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Selected public lectures

  • February 22, 2017

    “Abraham, Our Father in Faith”

    Islamic Center of Morris County, Rockaway, New Jersey

  • July 7–9, 2015

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

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

He has also delivered more than thirty invited talks, guided visits, and retreats for parish and student audiences across the Tri-State area, Jerusalem, and Rome since 2013.