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Rev. Paul Sciberras graduated S.Th.B. in 1986 from the Faculty of Theology at Tal-Virtù, Rabat, Malta, and S.Th.L. (with specialization in Pastoral Theology) in 1988 from the University of Malta, with a dissertation on The New Consciousness of God through Suffering in Job. In 1992 he graduated S.S.L. from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome with a dissertation entitled Exetítheto autois kathexēs. A Study of the Repeated Visions in Acts 10,1-11,18, and in 1994 declared Candidatus ad Doctoratum, after completing the preparatory year for the Doctorate in Scripture Sciences (S.S.D.). In 1995 he began lecturing at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Malta, Department of Sacred Scriptures, Hebrew and Greek, mainly in the NT areas (Synoptic Gospels, Pauline Letters and Acts of the Apostles, Language and Text of the NT, NT Exegesis at undergraduate and postgraduate levels). He co-ordinates the B.A. (Hons) Theology Full- and Part-Time Courses and is Faculty Representative on the Board of the Foundation for Theological Studies. He is presently deputy Head of Department.
He is Academic Member of the Malta Bible Society, Member of the Theological Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta, Member of the Commission for the Revision of the Bible in Maltese, Co-editor of the Maltese Bible in Braille, as well as consultant for the project of the Bible in Sign Language.
He is Member of the Society for Biblical Literature, the Associazione Biblica Italiana, and the Associazione Ex-Alunni Pontificio Istituto Biblico (Rome).
He has published articles in Dizzjunarju Bibliku, Tereza (Rivista Enċiklopedika ta’ Spiritwalità), and is Co-Editor for Biblical articles of Il-Ħabbâr.
Presently he is preparing the NT part of a Study-Bible in Maltese.
- The Figure of Paul in the Acts of the Apostles: The Areopagos Speech, in Melita Theologica 43 (1/1992) 1-15.
- Could Jesus have been married to Mary from Magdala?, in The Sunday Times 18 March 2007, 49.
- It-tifsira tal-Ġublew fil-Bibbja, in Ġublew 2000: Bibbja, Storja u Dejn Barrani, (=Klabb Qari Nisrani 99/1), Media Centre: Malta 1999, 5-17.
- Ġw 7,37b-38 - suġġeriment għal punteġġjatura oħra (Lejn it-Tielet Edizzjoni), in Sijon 13 (2000) 53-57.
- Quddiem «The Return of the Prodigal Son», Inqum u mmur għand Missieri (=Sena għall-Qari tal-Bibbja Ottubru 2000-Ottubru 2001), Għaqda Biblika Maltija: Malta 2000, 6-10.
- L-Għanja ta’ l-Għanjiet 3,6 (Lejn it-Tielet Edizzjoni), in Sijon 13 (2001) 49-51.
- L-ispirazzjoni u l-verità Biblika, in Enċiklopedija Biblika, edited by Donat Spiteri, Malta: Media Centre 2003, 15-30.
- Il-Bibbja: Laqgħa mal-Missier li, f’Ibnu Ġesù, jitkellem magħna, in Xabla b’żewġt ixfar, edited by Jesmond Manicaro, (=Klabb Qari Nisrani 85), Media Centre: Malta 2003, 71-85.
- Il-qima lil Alla fis-sinagoga, in Qim. Rivista Liturġika 3 (2003) 16-18.
- Il-Kelma ta’ Alla fid-Dokument tas-Sinodu "Liturġija u Sagramenti", in Il-Ġens Illum (Is-Sibt, 17 ta’ Jannar 2004) 21.
- Yom Kippûr. Jum il-maħfra – jum it-tpattija, in Qim: Rivista Liturġika 6 (2004) 9-12.
- It-tifsira biblika ta’ l-irmied fil-bidu tar-Randan, in Qim: Rivista Liturġika 7 (2005) 3-5.
- L-Evanġelji tal-Ħadd u l-Festi, in Kliem il-Ħajja. Riflessjonijiet mill-Bibbja għal kull jum(2006).
- Il-bniedem il-ġdid fit-Teoloġija Pawlina, in Tereza 3/1 (2006) 41-52.
- Tibżax minnha imma tgħallem iftaħha, in Il-Ħabbâr ta’ Sant’Antnin 23 (2006) 6-8.
- Il-Bibbja fil-Quddiesa u fit-talb privat, in Il-Ħabbâr ta’ Sant’Antnin 25 (2007) 20-21.
- It-traduzzjonijiet tal-Bibbja, in Il-Ħabbâr ta’ Sant’Antnin 27 (2007) 24-26.
- “Ragħaj u Għassies”: il-figura ta’ l-isqof fl-Iskrittura, in Qim 12 (2007) 10-15.
- The Biblical Perspective of the Human Person, in Lejn ħajja sesswali isbaħ (= Klabb Qari Nisrani 104), Malta: Media Centre 2007, 23-36.
- Il-konverżjoni ta’ Pietru u Pawlu, in Tereża 4/4(2007) 153-162.
- Preparation of cross-references for NT edition of Maltese Bible L-Aħbar it-Tajba Għalik, (1992), the Second (1996) and Third (2004) Editions of the Bible in Maltese published by the Malta Bible Society.
- Le Beatitudini (=Sapere: Leggere la Scrittura), in Sussidi per la Catechesi 3 (Mag-Giu 2001) 9-14.
- Il simbolismo delle Ceneri all’inizio del cammino quaresimale (=Saper fare: Leggere la Scrittura), in Sussidi per la Catechesi 1 (Gen-Feb 2002) 15-17.
- Series of articles in Sussidi per la Catechesi, published by the Centro Catechistico Lasalliano of Rome (Big Bang! Evoluzione! Creazione!; I colori nella Bibbia; Discendenza e Adozione; Nella Bibbia non c'è alcun errore; Scritti Didattici nella Bibbia - il Midrash; Il nome nella Bibbia; Il Peccato: quale è il suo origine?; Con molte parabole annunziava loro la parola; I segni prodigiosi nel Libro dell'Esodo; Salmi imprecatori e violenza nella Bibbia; Aritmetica. Il Libro dell'Apocalisse).
In preparation for publication:
- New creation in Paul (Festschrift in honour of Prof. Emeritus Donat Spiteri ofm cap).
- Il-bniedem f’San Pawl: Lejn Antropoloġija Iktar Sħiħa, in Tereża (2008).
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