Recent Publications
St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand is committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship in various theological fields and in different languages. Here below are the recent scholarly publications by the Institute’s full-time faculty members, which include book chapters, journal articles, and international conference proceedings. Kindly note that the complete list of publications for each faculty member can be found in the University of Balamand Repository.
The Parables in Ezekiel 17:1-24 and the Parables of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels - Dr. Daniel Ayuch
“The Parables in Ezekiel 17:1-24 and the Parables of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels.” In: Awkar, Antoine (ed.). The Book of Ezekiel. Proceedings of the 16th Middle East Biblical Conference in 2019. Beirut: Rabitah Kitabiah (Biblical Studies 59). 2021, 261-279 (ARABIC).
- Written by Dr. Daniel Ayuch
- Category: 2021
A Historic-Critical Reading of the Women Books in the Old Testament: Ruth, Esther, and Judith (ARABIC) - Dr. Daniel Ayuch
“A Historic-Critical Reading of the Women Books in the Old Testament: Ruth, Esther, and Judith.” In: Al-Khayoun, Rasheed et all. (eds.). Religious Feminism. The Expansiveness of Text and the Fence of Reality. Al Mesbar Studies & Research Center: Dubai, 2021, 43-64 (ARABIC).
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- Written by Dr. Daniel Ayuch
- Category: 2021
The Holy Royal Priesthood in 1 Peter 2, 9 - Rev. Archim. Jack Khalil
Studia Theologica Doctoralia. Thirteenth International Conference. Organized by the Faculties of Theology at the Universities of Iasi, Balamand, and Graz, May 2021, coordinated by Viorel Sava. Iasi, Romania: Doxologia Printing House, pp. 11-21. ISBN: 978-606-9746-22-6
- Written by Rev. Archim. Jack Khalil
- Category: 2021
Faith and Justification - Rev. Archim. Jack Khalil
In Theological Anthropology, 500 Years after Martin Luther. Edited by Christophe Chalamet, Konstantinos Delikostantis, Job Getcha, and Elisabeth Parmentier. Studies in Systematic Theology 25. Leiden: Brill, 2021, 161–181.
- Written by Rev. Archim. Jack Khalil
- Category: 2021
Ecclesiology of St. Paul: One Church or United Churches? The Universal Dimension of the One Church in the Epistles of St. Paul (Arabic) - Rev. Archim. Jack Khalil
Annals of St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, vol. 12, 2021, pp. 71-90.
- Written by Rev. Archim. Jack Khalil
- Category: 2021
More Articles...
- The Initial Use of the Arabic Language in Church Music: Nikephoros Kandoniares, Archdeacon of the Antiochian See (Arabic) - Rev. Archim. Romanos Al Hannat
- The Regulation of 1900: The First Published General Regulation of The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (Arabic) - Rev. Archim. Parthenios Allati
- The Church of Antioch: Creation and Environmental Sustainability - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- Forgiveness in Marriage: From Cure to Healing - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- Contemporary Issues Facing Organ Donation: An Orthodox Approach (Arabic) - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- The Liberating Power of the Gospel: Five Narratives on the Healing of Young People and their Message - Dr. Daniel Ayuch
- The Imposing of the Gregorian Calendar and its Impact on Levantine Christians: Local Dynamics and Foreign Interferences (1858-1864) - Dr. Simon Najm
- The Ecclesiology of St Paul: One Church or United Churches? The Universal Dimension of the One Church in the Epistles of St Paul - Rev. Archim. Jack Khalil
- Personhood Revisited: Implications for Humanoids - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- Revisiting the Marital Household as the ‘Little Church - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- Authority, Obedience, and Hierarchy in Christ: Christian Marriage and Postmodern Challenges - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- Enlivening the Charisms of the Holy Spirit - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- A Case Study of a Divorcee: Spiritual Direction and Psychological Insight (Greek) - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- Spiritual Fatherhood and Marital Relationships - Rev. Fr. Bassam A. Nassif
- A Wandering Apostle is in Town: The Conversion of Corinth in Acts 18:1-18a - Dr. Daniel Ayuch
- Nomads of the Word: Reading the Book of Acts from a Semitic Perspective - Dr. Daniel Ayuch
Recent Publications