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Yara MATTA

Professor
Directeur - ISSR - Higher Institute of Religious Studies

Faculty of Religious Sciences
Vice-Doyen - FSR
Institute of Muslim-Christian Studies

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 5804 yara.matta@usj.edu.lb

From South Lebanon. Studies in Beirut and Paris. Religious of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. School, pastoral and university experience.

Education

Degree University Country Year
Doctorat - Théologie Institut catholique de Paris France 2010
Diplôme - études bibliques Institut catholique de Paris France 2005
Maitrise - Théologie Institut catholique de Paris France 1997
Maitrise - Sciences religieuses Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 1993
Licence d'enseignement - Lettres françaises Université Libanaise Liban 1992
Licence - Sciences religieuses Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 1986

Research themes

New Testament - Ancient Jewish Traditions.The contribution of ancient Jewish traditions to the understanding of the self-presentation of the Apostle Paul, as a Jew rooted in the heritage of his ancestors.On the theological and anthropological levels, the

Publications and communications

-Because of Christ. The reversal of Paul the Jew, coll. Lectio Divina 256, Paris, Cerf, 2013, 384 p.-Commentary (Arabic) Epistle to the Romans, Dar Thaqafa, Egypt, 2019.-“Between Paul and Jeremiah: the prism of the Resurrected Christ”, in Ch. Raimbault (ed.), Paul and his Lord, Christological trajectories of the Pauline epistles, Lectio Divina 271, Paris, Cerf, 2018.-“Openness to the pagans in the Acts of the Apostles: place of conversion, path of dialogue”, in Th.-M. COURAU & A.-S. VIVIER-MURESAN (ed.), Dialogue and conversion, mission impossible?, Paris, Desclée, 2012, p. 121-140.-“Saying and Doing according to Mt 7, 21-23: a criterion of identity? », Transversalities 129 (2014), p. 77-98.-“The gospel of Paul according to the epistle to the Philippians: without borders or new borders? », Journal of Ethics and Moral Theology HS (2017), p. 79-98.