Joseph Pathrapankal

Joseph Pathrapankal (29 September 1930 – 27 February 2022) was an Indian New Testament Scholar and Syro-Malabar priest belonging to the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.

Joseph Pathrapankal
Born	29 September 1930[1] Kerala[1]
Died	27 February 2022
Education	[1] Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune (B.Th.) Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune (M.Th.) Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (L.S.S.) Gregorian University, Rome (S.T.D.)
Church	Carmelites of Mary Immaculate[1]
Ordained	24 March 1958[1]
Writings	See Section
Title	Reverend Father Doctor

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.^[2] 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 (DVK), Bengaluru.^[3] On 30 May 1997 Pathrapankal received an honorary doctorate from the faculty of theology at Uppsala University, Sweden.^[4]

Pathrapankal was also a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.^[5][6]

He was a former past president of the Society for Biblical Studies in India,^[7] and a member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.^[8]

Writings

• Time and History: Biblical and Theological Studies^[9]

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^[10] which was later published by Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram in 1971.^[11] Pathrapankal returned to India and continued teaching at Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram.

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by E. C. John, CSI[12] 1970-1972	President,[12] Society for Biblical Studies in India 1972–1974	Succeeded by Victor Premasagar, CSI[12] 1974-1975
Educational offices
Preceded by -	President, Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram, Bengaluru 1979–1985	Succeeded by -