Reverend David Monaco, C.P., S.S.L., Ph.D.

Biography

Fr. David G. Monaco, CP, a native of Yonkers, professed his first vows as a Passionist in 1985 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1990. He holds an M.Div. with a Specialization in Word and Worship from The Catholic Theological Union at Chicago (1989), an S.S.L. in Biblical Studies from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (1999), and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from the University of Chicago (2011). He taught for 5 years at Dominican University in River Forest, IL while working on his dissertation, and 7 years at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, OH.

He is the author of a number of articles and the monograph The Sentences of the Syriac Menander published by Gorgias Press (2013), volume 7 in their series Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity. His most recent publications are "The Choice of Matthias in Acts 1:15-26," in Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica (2017), the commentary on "Haggai" in The Paulist Biblical Commentary (2018), and the commentary on “Ezra-Nehemiah” in The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century (2022).


Fr. Monaco has been appointed as a Scripture consultant to the XIII Round of the ELCA-USCCB National Catholic-Lutheran Dialogue.

Education

Ph.D. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
S.S.L. Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome

Recent Publications

The Choice of Matthias in Acts 1:15-26," in Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica (2017).

The commentary on "Haggai" in The Paulist Biblical Commentary (2018).

The commentary on “Ezra-Nehemiah” in The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century (2022).