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

Professor of Scripture

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

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