Веселин Кесич

Американски православен богослов-библеист от сръбски произход

Роден:

12 март 1921 г., Босанско-Грахово, Босна

Починал:

26 юни 2012 г., Portland, щата Maine

Образование:

Dorchester College, England

Columbia University, New Yourk, USA

St Vladimir’s Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York

Union Theological Seminary, New York, USA

Преподавателско поприще:

St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York (1953-1991)

Hofstra University, New York (1959-1963)

University of California, Berkeley (1962-1963)

New York University (1965-1974)

Sarah Lawrence College, New York (1966-1986)

Ἀριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (1991)

Summer Institute, Eagle River, Alaska (1997)

Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England (1998)

Дисциплини:

Св. Писание на Новия Завет

Сравнително религиознание

Сърбохърватска литература

Църковно-обществена дейност:

Участник в икуменически диалози с протестанти (Лутеранска, Презвитерианска и Епископална църква) и римокатолици

Orthodox Theological Society of America – Президент

Библиография

Книги:

The Passion of Christ, Crestwood: “SVS Press” 1965.

The Gospel Image of Christ. The Church and Modern Criticism, Crestwood: “SVS Press” 1972 (второ, разширено издание – 1991 г.).

The First Day of the New Creation, Crestwood: “SVS Press” 1982.

The Treasures of the Holy Land, Crestwood: “SVS Press” 1985 (в съавторство с Лидия Кесич).

Formation and Struggles: The Birth of the Church AD 33-200, Crestwood “SVS Press” 2007.

В сборници и периодични издания:

1. “Bishop Nicholai Velimirovich” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 1, 1, 1957, p. 31-32.

2. “The Problem of Peter’s Primacy in the New Testament and Early Christian Exegesis” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 4, 2-3, 1960, p. 2-25.

3. 90 статии за източните църкви и църковни водачи в Grolier Encyclopedia, 1960.

4. “Christ’s Temptation in Apocryphal Gospels and Acts” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 5, 4, 1961, p. 3-9.

5. “The Orthodox Church in America” – In: Russian Review, 20, 3, 1961, p. 185-193.

6. “Empire-Church Relations and the Third Temptation” – In: Studia Patristica, 4, 1961, p. 465-471.

7. “The Apostolic Council at Jerusalem” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 6, 3, 1962, p. 108-117.

8. “Nicholas Arseniev: An Appreciation” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 8, 2, 1964, p. 64-66.

9. “Some Religious Aspects of Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 9, 2, 1965, p. 83-99.

10. “Hypostatic and Prosopic Union in the Exegesis of Christ’s Temptation” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 9, 3, 1965, p. 118-137.

11. “Criticism, the Gospels, and the Church” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 10, 3, 1966, p. 134-162.

12. “The Antiocheans and the Temptation Story” – In: Studia Patristica, 7, 1966.

13. “N. Berdyaev on Freedom” – In: Concern, 2, 1, 1967, p. 11-12.

14. “Research and Prejudice” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 14, 1-2, 1970, p. 28-47.

15. “Biblical Studies in Orthodox Theology: A Response” – In: Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 17, 1972, p. 63-68.

16. “Unity and Diversity in New Testament Ecclesiology” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 19, 2, 1975, p. 109-127.

17. “The Biblical Understanding of Man” – In: Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 20, 1-2, 1975, p. 9-18.

18. “Spiritual Heritage of the Serbian Church” – In: Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 21, 1, 1976, p. 1-18.

19. “St Paul: Anti-Feminist or Liberator?” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 21, 3, 1977, p. 123-147.

20. “The Resurrection and Its Meaning” – In: Transactions of the Association of Russian American Scholars, 12, 1979 (в чест на Николай Афанасиев).

21. “Resurrection, Ascension, and the Giving of the Spirit” – In: Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 25, 1980, p. 249-259.

22. “Georges Florovsky” – In: Transactions, 13, 1980.

23. “The Early Serbian Church as Described in the Earliest Serbian Biography” – In: Orthodox Theology and Diakonia [In Honor of Archbishop Iakovos], ed. by D. Constantelos, 1981, p. 249-259.

24. “I Peter and the Doctrines of Primitive Christianity” – In: Orthodox Synthesis, ed. by, J. Allen, Crestwood: “SVS Press” 1981, p. 129-148.

25. 14 статии за православните и униатските църкви в Abingdon Dictionary on Living Religions, 1981

26. “The Right Reverend Alexander Schmemann (Sept. 13, 1921 – Dec. 13, 1983)” – In: Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 28, 1983, p. 398-400.

27. “Freedom and Joy (Fr. Alexander Schmemann)” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 28, 1, 1984, p. 41-42.

28. “The Historical Jesus: A Challenge from Jerusalem” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 30, 1, 1986, p. 17-43.

29. “Serge Sergeevich Verhovskoy: A Reminiscence” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 30, 4, 1986, p. 288-290.

30. “Via Negativa” – In: Encyclopedia of Religions, 1987.

31. “Professor Georges Barrois, 1898-1987” – In: The Orthodox Church, November, 1987.

32. “Orthodoxy in America: Continuity, Discontinuity, Newness” – In: Orthodox Perspectives on Pastoral Praxis, ed. by T. Stylianopoulos, Brookline, MA: “Holy Cross Press” 1988, p. 31-39.

33. “Seminary Recollections of the Fifties” – In: A Legacy of Excellence, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary 1938-1988, Crestwood: “St Vladimir's Seminary” 1988.

34. “Introduction: St Sava and Bishop Nicholas” – In: Velimirovich, N. Life of St. Sava, Crestwood: “SVS Press” 1989, p. 9-19.

35. “Edward Nason West” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 34, 2-3, 1990, p. 237-239.

36. “The Martyrdom of the Serbs: The Church in the Ustashe State, 1941-45” – In: Serbian Church in the USA and Canada Calendar, 1991, p. 97-108.

37. “Peter’s Primacy in the New Testament and Early Tradition” – In: The Primacy of Peter, ed. by J. Meyendorff, Crestwood: “SVS Press”, 2d ed. 1992, p. 35-66.

38. “Rev. John Meyendorff” – In: Transactions, 25, 1992-1993, p. 347-348.

39. “The Orthodox Church and Biblical Interpretation” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 37, 4, 1993, p. 343-351.

40. “The Right Reverend Firmilian Ocokoljich” – In: Serbian Orthodox Church of U.S. and Canada Calendar 1993, p. 127-129.

41. “Bishop Nicholai: Writings and Theology” – In: Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St Sava in New York: 50 years 1944-1994, New York 1994.

42. „Предговор” – В: Мајендорф, J. Христос у источно-хришћанској мисли, Хиландар, 1994.

43. “Preface” – In: Rogich, D. Serbian Patericon, St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood 1994.

44. “Bosnia: History and Religion” – In: New Perspectives on Historical Theology (In Memory of John Meyendorff), ed. by B. Nassif, Grand Rapids, MI & Cambridge: “W. B. Eerdman” 1996, p. 70-94.

45. “Conflict and Diversity in the Earliest Christian Community, 30-35 AD” – In: Agape and Diakonia: Essays in Memory of Bishop Gerasimos, ed. by P. A. Chamberas, Brookline, MA: “Holy Cross Theological Press” 1998, p. 63-72.

46. “Leslie W. Barnard, St Justin Martyr: First and Second Apologies” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 42, 1, 1998, p. 85-97 (отзив за книгата).

47. “Is the New Testament Anti-Semitic?” – In: Jacob’s Well, Spring-Summer 1998, p. 4-8.

48. “The Church before Paul” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 43, 1, 1999, p. 3-36.

49. “Kosovo in the History of the Serbian Church” – In: St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 44, 3-4, 2000, p. 279-308.

За проф. Веселин Кесич

1. “Prof. Veselin Kesich” – In: Orthodox Church in America.

2. “Veselin Kesich” – In: The Portland Press Herald.

3. „На 91 году жизни скончался Веселин Кесич, заслуженный профессор Свято-Владимирской семинарии в Нью-Йорке” – В: Седмица.ру.

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