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Fr. Eric joined the STS faculty in 2012. A Salesian of Don Bosco since 1982 and a priest since 1993, he holds a licentiate degree from the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome) and doctorate degrees from Barry University (Miami) and the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Jerusalem). He began teaching at Salesian high schools in 1986 and on the university level in 1999. Among his research interests are the Gospel of John, narrative criticism, and the NT use of Scripture.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

John 4:1–42 among the Biblical Well Encounters: Pentateuchal and Johannine Narrative Reconsidered. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament II 542. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020.

“Narrative Art and Theological Meaning: Johannine Stylistic Features in John 4:1–42.” Liber Annuus Studium Biblicum Franciscanum 70 (2020): 137–65.

“When Does Translation Become Exegesis? Exodus 24:9–11 in the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 74 (2012): 675–93.

STS COURSES (2012–)

Synoptic Gospels and Acts of the Apostles
Johannine Writings
Pauline and Apostolic Letters
Canon, Inspiration, and Hermeneutics
Biblical Greek 1, 2
Homiletics
Seminar: Methodologies for Biblical Exegesis
Seminar: Theological Synthesis