Joseph Pathrapankal


Joseph Pathrapankal was an Indian New Testament Scholar and Syro-Malabar priest belonging to the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
He first studied at the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth in Pune and then went to the Pontifical Biblical Institute where he obtained a licentiate in sacred scripture in 1960. He then became a lecturer then professor of New Testament, and from 1976 to 1979 and 1979 to 1985 the vice-president and president at Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram, Bengaluru. On 30 May 1997
Pathrapankal received an honorary doctorate from the faculty of theology at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Pathrapankal was also a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
He was a former past president of the Society for Biblical Studies in India, and a member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.

Writings

Pathrapankal again left for Rome on study leave and registered as a doctoral candidate with the Gregorian University and pursued research in New Testament studies and submitted a thesis titled Metanoia, Faith, Covenant: A Study of Pauline Theology which was later published by Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram in 1971. Pathrapankal returned to India and continued teaching at Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram.