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Professor Stefano Salemi

Associate Professor in Biblical Languages, Studies and Theology, Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Director of Research, Perth Bible College, Director of the Australian Centre for Biblical and Theological Research
Diploma-License (Music), BA hons and MA with research (Relig.), AA and BA hons and MTh hons (Bible .& Theol.), PhD (NT and Early Christianity), PhD (HB/OT), DPhil [PhD] (Theol), AFHEA

Professor Stefano Salemi currently holds an Associate Professorship and Research Supervisor status at the Sydney College of Divinity, and is a scholar of biblical studies, languages, and theology. He has also held or continues to hold research and/or teaching posts at various universities, including Harvard, Yale, Oxford, King’s College London, University of London, Chichester University, Pretoria University, North-West University, Sheffield University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He possesses the rare expertise of someone with multiple doctorates from the UK and Italy in Theology and Biblical Studies. He teaches, conducts research, and publishes in these fields of studies, with particular interests in biblical exegesis, hermeneutics, Hebrew and Greek languages and semantics, biblical theology, systematic-historical theology, reception history, and intertextual studies. He is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

Publications
Chapters in books and edited volumes

  • Forthcoming 2023

    “מוֹפֵת–identity: The Exile of the Prophet Ezekiel (12:1-16),” in Ezekiel’s Sign-Acts: Method and Interpretation (Editors: P.Barter and T.Mayfield; Series “Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,” De Gruyter).

Publications
Chapters in books and edited volumes

  • Forthcoming 2023

    “מוֹפֵת–identity: The Exile of the Prophet Ezekiel (12:1-16),” in Ezekiel’s Sign-Acts: Method and Interpretation (Editors: P.Barter and T.Mayfield; Series “Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,” De Gruyter).

  • 2021

    “Suffering of Christ: Suffering of people,” The T&T Clark Handbook of the Early Church (Editors: Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli & John Anthony McGuckin; T&T Clark).

  • 2021

    “The wounded Christ of the Fourth Gospel - New Testament interpretation in Alexandrian tradition”- First volume of the new monograph series History of Biblical Exegesis (Editors: Mark Elliott, Michael Legaspi, David Lincicum, Jennie Grillo, and Benjamin Schliesser; Mohr Siebeck).

  • 2014

    “Esegesi Ecclesiologica della morte di Cristo,” in Il Sangue della Redenzione (XII.n.2; Rome: Sanguis Edizioni), 23-59

  • 2014

    “Dichiarazione congiunta sulla dottrina della giustificazione,” O 'Odigos (Bari: Centro P.Salvatore): 10-13.

  • 2013

    “La Riforma Protestante tra insegnamento e predicazione,” Analecta Nicolaiana (Bari): 152-156.

  • 2012

    “Aspetti Sacramentali e Aspetti Soteriologici,” in Il Sangue della Redenzione (X.n.1; Rome: Sanguis Edizioni), 21-115.

  • 2012

    “Sacramenti tra anamnesi e pictura verbi,” O 'Odigos (Bari: Centro P.Salvatore Manna): 15-18.

  • 2010

    “L’inno liturgico ispirato al Salmo 46 nella poesia religiosa di Lutero” Analecta Nicolaiana (Bari, 2010): 166-171.

  • 2009

    “L’unità della Chiesa nel commentario di Gerolamo agli Efesini,” Analecta Nicolaiana (Bari): 70-75.

Peer-Reviewed monographs/books

  • Forthcoming (2024)

    A Linguistic-Theological Exegesis of Ezekiel as môphēt:- “I have made you a sign” (Ezekiel 12:6) (Brill, Studia Semitica Neerlandica, March 2024)

  • Forthcoming (2024)

    “These things occurred so that the Scripture might be fulfilled” (Jn. 19:36) - John’s Intertextual Passion Narrative (under review Brill, BINS)

  • Forthcoming (2024)

    “Remember that Christ risked all” - Assessing Infinite Risk Theology (under review)

  • 2023

    Perché Gesù è morto? …e subito ne uscì sangue e acqua (Mantova: Universitas Studiorum, 2023)

  • 2014

    Il significato della morte di Cristo, lettura storico-esegetica di Giov. 19:34 (Bari: Editrice Ecumenica)

  • 2013

    Passi nella Bibbia (for the Series “Ascoltando il Cielo,” Teramo: Editrice Il Messaggero)

Areas of Interest
  • Biblical studies and biblical languages.
  • Intertextual studies, the use-reception-transformation of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the New Testament, and its textual, linguistic (Hebrew and Greek linguistics and semantics), exegetical and theological implications, also in reception history and early Christianity.
  • Theology (biblical, historical-systematic theology, Christology)
Research Strengths
  • Ezekiel
  • Prophetic literature
  • John
  • Gospels
  • Biblical languages studies
  • Exegesis and Hermeneutics
  • Intertextual studies
Currently working on
  • Stefano is currently chairing a SBL unit on John’s Gospel and working as the editor for a volume on John’s Passion Narrative and intertextual studies. He is also working extensively on various Hebrew Bible themes and topics, with particular attention to prophetic literature.
  • He is also in the publishing process of three books: on Christ’s death in John, on Hebrew semantics and Ezekiel, and on the implication of Christology for the concept of Christ’s sacrifice.