Seminar topics will be on:
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To the Youth –The Mystery of the Incarnation (particularly the Cross) being worked out in our life, warts and all.
- The Father takes us into His house’: Insights into the Liturgy from Fr. Aimilianos of Simonopetra.
- Translation Matters: Things that Struck Me in Translating the Hieratikon.
University of Dayton, Ohio
Associate Professor
Full-Time Faculty
PROFILE: Dr. Bunta holds a B.A. degree in theology from the University of Sibiu (Romania), a M.A. degree in biblical studies from the University of Oradea (Romania), and a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Marquette University.
Faculty Perspective: Dr. Bunta specializes in the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins, focusing particularly on mystical trends in pseudepigraphic and apocalyptic literature. He coordinates within the department a seminar dedicated to “Trends of Ancient Jewish and Christian Mysticism”. He is also an active member of the Catholic Biblical Association of America and the Society of Biblical Literature.
Selected Publications: Dr. Bunta has recently published several articles in the field of Jewish and Christian mysticism in edited volumes and scholarly journals such as, Henoch, the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, and the Journal for the Study of Judaism.
The link is an essay Fr. Silviu Bunta wrote, titled In Defense of Freedom, An essay on Orthodox Spirituality and Orthodox Evangelicals